Vatican City (EFE).- The Vatican today renounced the so-called “Doctrine of Discovery”, which has protected the colonization of America and Africa since the 15th century, and repudiated the “many acts of evil” also committed by Christians against the indigenous peoples. .
“The ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ is not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church,” is defended in a joint statement from the Dicastery (Vatican ministry) for Culture and Education and the Integral Human Development Service.
The Holy See, with this document, denies said doctrine that, since the end of the 15th century, with several papal bulls, laid the foundations for the conquest “in the name of God” of America and Africa by powers such as the Spanish or the Portuguese .