The National Congress of American Indians is pressing the Catholic church to do more
The National Congress of American Indians acknowledged the apology from Pope Francis as a historic moment, but is pressing the church to do more.
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition wants the church to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery — a series of 15th-century Catholic Church decrees that justified the colonization of Indigenous lands.
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