Doctrine of Discovery.

[Mindful]

This 500-year-old Catholic decree encouraged colonization. Will the pope revoke it?​

The papal Doctrine of Discovery was used to justify colonization in the name of Christianity—and eventually became embedded in U.S and international law.

Doctrine of Discovery: How the 500-year-old Catholic decree encouraged colonization

The papal Doctrine of Discovery was used to justify colonization in the name of Christianity—and eventually became embedded in U.S and international law.

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[Mindful]

^ Alexander VI was a Spaniard with close ties to the monarchy—and his papal reign was marked with scandals stemming from his greed, corruption, and nepotism. When Portugal complained that Columbus and Spain were interfering with its own ambitions for the New World, the pope issued a document asserting that Spain had the exclusive right to territory west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.

The encyclical didn’t just give Spain carte blanche to claim lands in the New World. It also linked exploration and colonization to Christianity and conversion. Nations should make it a priority to ensure “that in our times especially the Catholic faith and the Christian religion be exalted and be everywhere increased and spread, that the health of souls be cared for and that barbarous nations be overthrown and brought to the faith itself,” Alexander instructed.

 

[jwoodie]

If you want to make a point, why not state it?

 

[Mindful]

If you want to make a point, why not state it?

~

 

[jwoodie]

Do YOU think the Pope should revoke the decree? While he's at it, should he also revoke the title of Defender of the [Catholic] Faith given to Henry VIII before he formed the Church of England?

 

[Mindful]

Do YOU think the Pope should revoke the decree? While he's at it, should he also revoke the title of Defender of the [Catholic] Faith given to Henry VIII before he formed the Church of England?

It’s worth thinking about. The Catholic Church had much political power in days gone by.

(Nine Popes in Avignon!)

Not so much now.

 

[night_son]

This 500-year-old Catholic decree encouraged colonization. Will the pope revoke it?​

The papal Doctrine of Discovery was used to justify colonization in the name of Christianity—and eventually became embedded in U.S and international law.

Doctrine of Discovery: How the 500-year-old Catholic decree encouraged colonization

The papal Doctrine of Discovery was used to justify colonization in the name of Christianity—and eventually became embedded in U.S and international law.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Why would he do that? We'll need it again after we nail down interstellar travel. So many worlds to conquer.

 

[Mindful]

MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations.

“I am deeply sorry,” Francis said to applause from school survivors and Indigenous community members gathered at a former residential school south of Edmonton, Alberta. He called the school policy a “disastrous error” that was incompatible with the Gospel and said further investigation and healing is needed.

“I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples,” Francis said.

Pope apologizes for 'catastrophic' school policy in Canada

MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families...

apnews.com

 

[Mushroom]

Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations.

Oh yes, better they remain semi-nomadic and subsistence hunter-gatherers than do things like learn how to read and write, and so many other things.