Cardinals to join pope in repenting past Catholic sins

(Boston-AP) -- America's cardinals are joining the pope in apologizing for Catholic sins against minorities and people of other faiths.<br><br>Church leaders in Boston and Santa Fe plan to offer apologies

Thursday, March 9th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(Boston-AP) -- America's cardinals are joining the pope in apologizing for Catholic sins against minorities and people of other faiths.

Church leaders in Boston and Santa Fe plan to offer apologies this weekend, and officials in Los Angeles and Denver already have done so.

Their remarks come at the start of Lent, a season of penance.

On Sunday, Pope John Paul the Second plans to express regret for the Crusades, the Inquisition and other "faults of the past."

He's also expected to suggest that anti-Semitism among some Catholics may have facilitated Nazi Germany's campaign to eliminate European Jews.