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The home, which was run by an order of Catholic nuns and closed in 1961, was one of many such institutions that housed tens of thousands of orphans and unmarried pregnant women who were forced to give up their children throughout much of the 20th century.

In 2014, historian Catherine Corless tracked down death certificates for nearly 800 children who died at the home in Tuam between the 1920s and 1961 — but could only find a burial record for one child.

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)
  • According to the church, babies are without sin. If they die at birth, they go straight to heaven.
  • Abortion was illegal at the time.
  • Contraception was not widely available at the time, heavily discouraged by the church, and was still very primitive and hit-and-miss.
  • There were far more unwed mothers having babies than couples who couldn’t have children, but wanted them.

1+1=2.

[–] DeathbringerThoctar@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago

I'm curious where you got the idea that the church thinks babies are born without sin from when Original Sin is a thing.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago (2 children)
[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

All these institutions of god trying to tell us our souls will be saved if we follow them. and that the "other" religions are prophligates, infidels, devils and heretics. LMAO

I've yet to find one that isn't hiding a history of butchery

[–] MeThisGuy 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Buddhist temple, tibetan monks, the dali lama? or are they on that list too?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. Famously owning slaves

[–] MeThisGuy 2 points 2 hours ago

care to share more for moi the uninformed?
my country (sadly) was more about transporting slaves

[–] maxxadrenaline@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

well beat my record.

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