PhoenixSerenityThe #Vatican needs to do more, said #GrandChief #StewartPhillip - #president of the Union of #BritishColumbia #IndianChiefs .
“The formal #repudiation comes without #reparations or #TangibleActions to account for the #systemic #violence , #destruction of land and culture & #genocide which were #propagated by this deadly weapon of #colonization ,” said Phillip.
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Vatican’s repudiation of Doctrine of Discovery should be considered a first step only, say First Nations leaders
International Chief Wilton Littlechild of the Ermineskin Cree Nation said he was sure that if there was a Pope willing to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, it would be Pope Francis. And the Pontiff did just that, almost a year to the day after delivering a qualified apology on Indian residential schools in Rome April 1, 2022.