Countries, including Canada, have used the doctrine to justify colonizing lands considered to be uninhabited, but were in fact home to Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA — Canada's bishops are working with the Vatican in the hope of issuing a new statement from the Catholic Church on the Doctrine of Discovery, the organizers of the papal visit said Wednesday.
Laryssa Waler, a spokeswoman for the papal visit, said Wednesday the Vatican has previously said the papal bulls linked to the doctrine have "no legal or moral authority" within the church. She also referred to parts of the Pope's apology that she said "directly condemned" policies linked to the Doctrine of Discovery. She said that included when he said "many members of the church and of religious communities co-operated, not least through their indifference, in projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation promoted by the governments of that time, which culminated in the system of residential schools.
Criticisms of the apology include that Francis did not mention sexual abuse in his remarks, and he mentioned the "evil" committed by Christians, but not the Catholic Church as an institution. "Saying sorry and acknowledging the harms that have been caused is just one step of many that need to happen. There is so much more work to be done."
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