Vatican may be asked to repeal Catholic edicts on ‘heathen’ aboriginals
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is looking carefully at the 1455 and 1493 Papal Bulls of Discovery that gave 15th-century explorers the right to conquer the New World and “heathen” aboriginals.
Murray Sinclair, head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, says the commission carefully examining the 1455 and 1493 Papal Bulls of Discovery. (JOHN WOODS / Toronto Star file photo )
By: Chinta Puxley The Canadian Press, Published on Tue Feb 10 2015
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is weighing whether to ask the Vatican to repeal the Papal Bulls of Discovery that granted 15th-century explorers the right to conquer the New World and the “heathen” aboriginals that called it home.
Chair Murray Sinclair says the commission examining the impact of Canada’s Indian residential schools is looking carefully at the 1455 and 1493 Catholic edicts as part of its final report.
Many argue the proclamations legitimized the treatment of aboriginal people as “less than human.” Crown sovereignty in Canada can be traced back to those papal bulls and neither Canada nor the United States has repudiated them, Sinclair said.
“The movement to repudiation is very strong and is moving ahead,” Sinclair said in an interview. “If we as the commission are going to join that movement or endorse it ... we have to come to a conclusion that it’s necessary for reconciliation, to establish a proper relationship between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/02/10/vatican-may-be-asked-to-repeal-catholic-edicts-on-heathen-aboriginals.html
http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=3
Jesus Christ, what are they waiting for. Just do it!
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