Christopher Columbus wrote that he hoped the gold of the Indies would let Ferdinand and Isabella "undertake the conquest of the Holy Sepulcher." Pope Leo XIII wrote in 1892 that "the Catholic faith was the strongest motive" for his voyage. So why is he remembered as a villain?

This Columbus Day, Joe McClane reads Columbus in his own words, walks through the 800-year war he was born into (Constantinople fell when he was not yet two, and the Turks invaded Italy at Otranto in 1480), and answers the seven strongest charges against him, conceding what's true and correcting what isn't. Plus, Joe's regular Monday visit with Mike Koeniger.

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Columbus in his own words, the Church's word on him, a timeline of Islamic expansion from 632 to 1805, the Crusades from Clermont to Acre, and seven charges answered with sources.

SCRIPTURE (Douay-Rheims):

• Isaiah 65:17 — "For behold I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance."
• Matthew 28:19 — "Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

FURTHER READING:

• Pope Leo XIII, Quarto Abeunte Saeculo (16 July 1892) https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_16071892_quarto-abeunte-saeculo.html
• Pope Paul III, Sublimis Deus (29 May 1537)
• Christopher Columbus, Journal of the First Voyage (1492) and Book of Prophecies (1501–1502)
• Carol Delaney, Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem (2011)
• Raymond Ibrahim, Sword and Scimitar (2018)

If this helped you answer the Columbus Day critics, send it to a Catholic friend who only knows the textbook version.

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