The Doctrine of Discovery is a document that until recently, many people around the world have never even heard of. However, for hundreds of years laws and political decisions up to the current day can be traced back to this document. The decree sanctions and promotes the conquest, colonization, and exploitation of non-Christian territories and people worldwide. The Doctrine of Discovery allowed for laws that invalidate or ignore Indigenous people’s rights, sovereignty, and humanity in Canada, the United States, Australia, and across the globe. The Catholic Church, therefore, repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political ‘doctrine of discovery. Should the doctrine be abolished completely ?
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