joaommx t1_iu4ctyx wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:41 PM

Reply to comment by slipnips in Canada House of Commons unanimously agrees to describe residential schools as genocide by shpydar

Catholicism is just one, albeit the largest, of the Christian sects there are. So no, Catholicism and Christianity are not synonyms. And no, the rest of the world doesn’t hold the ignorant view that they are the same thing either.

slipnips t1_iu4ewkd wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:56 PM

I never said that they're synonyms, just that the Catholic religion is a somewhat unusual phrasing, which seems to distance Catholics from the umbrella of Christianity. I'll be equally puzzled if people talk about the Sunni religion instead of Islam.

joaommx t1_iu4ozb1 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:07 PM

> just that the Catholic religion is a somewhat unusual phrasing

It's not, albeit Catholic church would be more correct. But it is entirely appropriate in this context given the overwhelming majority of residential schools were managed by it.