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Indigenous Catholics, along with U.S. and Canadian bishops, are welcoming the Vatican's repudiation of a legal and political doctrine by which Eur...
The concept was first formulated to support European claims to land beyond continental Europe
Both ecclesial leaders and Indigenous groups have praised a Vatican statement disowning the so-called Doctrine of Discovery as an important step on the path to healing and reconciliation in light of past wrongs.
WASHINGTON - The Dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development released today a Joint Statement on the "Doctrine of Discovery." The matter at issue involves documents (papal bulls) issued in the fifteenth century with regard to European exploration of land beyond continental Europe. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and secretary for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement in response to today's Joint Statement by the dicasteries: We are grateful to the Dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promotin...
The documents "were manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers in order to justify immoral acts against Indigenous peoples."