Since the Inquisition happened back in like 1300 AD, an apology from Pope John Paul II SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS LATER seems a bit belated. And just between you and me, Joe? The Catholic religion gave us not only the Spanish Inquisition but the Crusades and many other armed conflicts in the name of their religious beliefs...killing hundreds of thousands of people in the process. What heinous crimes against humanity has the Mormon Church committed? Enlighten this old history major...
The Inquistion lasted from 1480 and didn't end until 1834. The last person it executed was a Deist. If you call yourself a history major and don't even know those basic facts, I'm not sure you can be "enlightened".
But look up.
Mountain Meadow Massacre
Utah War
Kirtland Bank Scandal
Read up on the White Horse Prophecy....