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Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Vatican reduces Inquisition's atrocity-count

The Vatican has "downsized the Inquisition," reducing the estimate of witches burned at stake:

he Vatican said Tuesday that fewer witches were burned at the stake and fewer heretics tortured into conversion during the dark centuries of the Inquisition than is generally believed.

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