(RNS) — ‘They haven’t even begun to come to terms with the true nature of what we’re actually talking about,’ Steven Newcomb said. (RNS) — Steven Newcomb, who is Shawnee and Lenape, recalls first ...

Indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada had mixed reactions to the Vatican's repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery, a series of 15th-century papal bulls that legitimized colonial exploitation, but ...

Apologies from Pope Francis for the Catholic Church's violence and abuse against Indigenous people in Canada during a visit in 2022 fell short in the eyes of prominent Indigenous advocates. Will his ...

This powerful and landmark documentary “The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code” is a result of the collaborative efforts by Dakota filmmaker and Director Sheldon Wolfchild and ...

(RNS) — In late March of this year, the Vatican formally — and somewhat surprisingly — repudiated the centuries-old “Doctrine of Discovery,” based on papal dictates of the 15th century that justified ...

Indigenous tribes across the United States are responding after the Vatican denied its "Doctrine of Discovery." In the 15th century the Catholic Church released several decrees that supported the ...

Sarain Fox of the Batchewana First Nation demonstrates outside the mass presided over by Pope Francis at the National Shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupre, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Saint Anne de Beaupre ...

LIMA — Pueblo descendent Sarah Augustine will speak about the origins and framework of the doctrine of discovery, a legal and religious concept that justifies colonization, at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March ...

ROME – Though it was, in a sense, 530 years in the making, required two separate departments of the Roman Curia to address, and came a full eight months after demands burst into full public view ...