Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Responses to Vatican Repudiation"

The church must “decree Indigenous traditions and ways of being as valuable, worthy of dignity and respect, and essential to humanity’s continued evolution and growth.” —National Chief RoseAnne Archibald Windspeaker.com: International Chief Wilton Littlechild of the Ermineskin Cree Nation said he was sure that if there was a Pope willing to repudiate the Doctrine of...

NationTalk: The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is encouraged by the Vatican’s formal repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery and its support for the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Doctrine of Discovery is a legal theory that has been traced to 15th Century Papal declarations authorizing European powers to seize...

by ahnationtalk on March 31, 2023 March 30, 2023 Treaty One Territory, MB – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) responds to a joint statement issued today by NationTalk: the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Culture and Education, stating that the Vatican formally repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery and the associated Papal...

by ahnationtalk on March 31, 2023 March 30, 2023 (Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) After decades of appeals by Indigenous peoples around the world, the Vatican has finally formally rejected the “Doctrine of Discovery.” The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) welcomes the repudiation of this centuries-old concept that shaped and continues to influence colonial government...

by ahnationtalk on March 31, 2023 March 31, 2023 For centuries, the Catholic Church’s leadership and decision-making has caused irreversible damage to Inuit and Indigenous communities in Canada. Doctrine then and now has been manipulated to the detriment of Indigenous peoples, including the dispossession of our lands. The Vatican’s efforts to recognize the role of its Doctrine in...

Repudiation creates an opportunity for change — but doesn’t change Canadian law CBC News: François Paulette says the Vatican’s repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery is a symbolic move that can lead to positive change if Indigenous leaders carry forward the momentum.   Paulette, a Denesuline elder, officer of the Order of Canada and longtime Indigenous...

Concepts like Doctrine of Discovery dismiss Indigenous peoples’ human rights: Roman Catholic Church\ Warning: this story contains distressing details. CBC News: The Vatican has formally repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery, centuries after the colonial-era concept justified the occupation of lands stewarded by Indigenous peoples. The church’s statement drew mixed reactions. “As a [residential school] survivor,...