The Vatican has formally repudiated the 'Doctrine of Discovery,' the theories backed by 15th-century 'papal bulls' that supported the colonial-era seizure of Indigenous lands.
Sarain Fox, right, and Chelsea Brunelle of the Batchewana First Nation unfurled a banner reading 'Rescind the Doctrine' outside the mass presided over by Pope Francis at the National Shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupre in Quebec last summer.
The statement was a response to decades of demands from Indigenous people for the Vatican to formally rescind the papal bulls that provided the Portuguese and Spanish kingdoms the religious backing to expand their territories in Africa and the Americas for the sake of spreading Christianity.Those decrees underpin the Doctrine of Discovery, a legal concept coined in an 1823 U.S.
In the statement, the Vatican said: "In no uncertain terms, the Church's magisterium upholds the respect due to every human being. The Catholic Church therefore repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political 'Doctrine of Discovery.
Phil Fontaine, a former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada, is seen outside of St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this March 2022 photo. Michèle Audette, a former commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, said she was in disbelief at the news out of the Vatican's statement Thursday on the Doctrine of Discovery.. "That doctrine made sure we did not exist or were even recognized.… It's one of the root causes of why the relationship is so broken."
The Métis National Council said the Vatican's statement of repudiation signals "a renewed commitment by the Catholic Church to walking together in a good way."
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