From: coyote 

* irenic * wrote:
> Here's an interesting quote/generalization I read again this morning, in
> comparative religion expert Dr Huston Smith's book 'The Soul of
> Christianity' (HarperSanFrancisco 2005, p. 137):
>
> 'Though divine in origin, the [Christian] Church is made up of humans, of
> sinners, and so *in an act unique for any institution* (my emphasis), at the
> end of the second millennium the Pope publicly apologized and did penance in
> the name of the Church for the sins of individual Christians throughout the
> ages.'
>
> True?
>

I dont know about "unique for any institution", as thats a rather
apples to oranges sort of thing, but the apology is legit:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1071456

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~coyote

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