Exploring Theme: "Church Repudiation of The Doctrine of Discovery"

Documents had been ‘manipulated’ for political purposes by colonial powers, said Vatican CBC News: The Vatican on Thursday formally repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery, the theories backed by 15th-century papal bulls that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Indigenous lands and form the basis of some property law today. A Vatican statement said the 15th-century papal bulls, or decrees,...

Indigenous leader hails Thursday’s statement as ‘a very emotional day for me.’ CBC News: He came to Canada on a pilgrimage of penance to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in running the Indian residential school system. But during a mass led by Pope Francis in Quebec City last summer, Indigenous protesters demanded he take his...

“Repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery” released with the following recommendations: Recommendation No. XX That The Presbyterian Church in Canada repudiate concepts used to justify European sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples, such as the Doctrine of Discovery and terra nullius. This recommendation recognizes and affirms language in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...

 Issued a formal declaration to repudiate concepts of Doctrine of Discovery and Terra Nullius. We believe that now is an appropriate time to issue a public statement in response to the errors and falsehoods perpetuated, often by Christians, during and following the so-called Age of Discovery. In light of all this, as Catholics: We firmly...

The General Synod 2010 repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery and endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples… I commend resources produced by the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples and the Primate’s Commission on Discovery, Reconciliation and Justice that states: UNDRIP must be approached and applied with a set of expectations that will inform strategy,...

In 2012, the Executive of the General Council of The United Church of Canada passed a motion denouncing the Doctrine of Discovery, and initiated a process of discerning how its own values, actions, policies and structures continue to be informed by the Doctrine of Discovery. This resulted in a resource-development workshop in August 2015, and...