Yesterday the Vatican formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” a legal concept based on 15th-century papal documents that European colonial powers used to legitimize the seizure and exploitation of Indigenous lands in Africa and the Americas, among other places. As important as it is long over due. The doctrine of discovery is ugly example of the evils that emerge when religion colludes with political and economic powers.
As I often say, the primary work of love is interpersonal and the primary work of justice is institutional.
Peace, dwight
Vatican Repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
