lakotapeopleslawproject:Sign the petition: http://romeroinstitute.org/projects/petition Pope Alexand
lakotapeopleslawproject:Sign the petition: http://romeroinstitute.org/projects/petition Pope Alexander IV issued the Papal Bull “Inter Caetera”, often called the Doctrine of Discovery on May 4, 1493. This document supported Spain’s strategy to ensure exclusive land rights in the New World. It essentially stated that any land that was not already inhabited by Christians was available for exploitation by Christian explorers at the detriment of the indigenous people, “the Catholic faith and the Christian religion be exalted and be everywhere increased and spread, that the health of souls be cared for and that barbarous nations be overthrown and brought to the faith itself.” This doctrine became the basis of all European claims in the Americas and is the foundation to the westward expansion of the United States, claimed by Manifest Destiny. Please sign the petition proposed by the Romero Institute appealing to Pope Francis to revoke this brutal doctrine: http://romeroinstitute.org/projects/petition -- source link