(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Vatican has formally rejected the Catholic Church’s “Doctrine of Discovery,” used to justify European colonialism in Africa and the Americas, which dates from “papal bulls” issued in the 1450s. In ...

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 ...

In the 1400s, the Catholic Pope instituted the Doctrine of Discovery. This concept was used as justification for colonizers to subjugate and seize the land of Indigenous peoples, even into current ...

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” We are reminded of William Faulkner’s famous quotation as two strands of 15th century history meet in present-day Columbus Circle in Syracuse, calling us ...