The Vatican clarified that the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ was political and non-doctrinal in nature, and that the Catholic Church never endorsed or condoned the expropriation of property or mistreatment of the indigenous populations of the Americas.
The Vatican clarified that the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ was political and non-doctrinal in nature, and that the Catholic Church never endorsed or condoned the expropriation of property or mistreatment of the indigenous populations of the Americas.