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Critics say the Vatican statement that the 15th-century documents "were manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers" sidesteps its responsibility in legitimizing exploitation of Indigenous peoples. ....
The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands ....
Historians, activists look ahead for implications the Vatican's statement about Native Americans could have on laws, which used Church documents from the 1400s ....
The Vatican responded March 30 to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery," theories backed by 15th-century "papal bulls" that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property laws today. ....
COMMENTARY: The Church first condemned the concepts behind this doctrine in a document written by Pope Paul III in 1537. So why is its repudiation still an is. ....