The Vatican officially repudiates the discovery doctrine, writing that the 15th-century papal bulls which promoted it were "manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers in order to justify immoral acts against indigenous peoples that were carried out, at times, without opposition from ecclesiastical authorities".
The Vatican officially repudiates the "Doctrine of Discovery", saying that the 15th-century papal bulls that promoted it were "manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers in order to justify immoral acts against Indigenous peoples".
The Vatican officially repudiates the discoverydoctrine, writing that the 15th-century papal bulls which promoted it were "manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers in order to justify immoral acts against indigenous peoplesthatwerecarriedout,attimes,withoutoppositionfromecclesiasticalauthorities".
