"In past centuries, the rulers of Spain, Portugal and other countries used the papal bulls, or official decrees, to justify their seizure of Indigenous lands in Africa and the Americas, saying that they were spreading Christianity. Robert J. Miller, a professor at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, called the doctrine “one of the earliest forms of international law,” that went on to influence the first U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1823 regarding the “Indian nation and the rights of Indigenous peoples in the United States.” That ruling — which cited the doctrine — be-came a “legal claim” for the expropriation of Indigenous lands. “So it’s time for that hypocrisy to be exposed and done away with as much as we can,” he said. The Vatican statement said colonial powers had “manipulated” the content of the papal documents “to justify immoral acts against Indigenous peoples that were carried out, at times, without opposition from ecclesial authorities.”"
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Elisabetta Povoledo, “Vatican Repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ Used as Justification for Colonization”, The New York Times, (March 30, 2023)
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