Cardinal Tolentino: Statement on the 'Doctrine of Discovery', a sign of reconciliation
José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, Pope Francis says
it is easy to be tempted to turn the page, to say that all these things happened long ago and we should look to the future. For God’s sake, no! We can never move forward without remembering the past; we do not progress without an honest and unclouded memory In the Note on the “Doctrine of Discovery’ , the Holy See is looking carefully at the Church’s history and its regrettable association with the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ which was called in aid by various colonial powers against indigenous peoples, in various parts of the world, as a justification for the expropriation of their history and the undervaluation and elimination of their cultures.
The ‘doctrine of discovery’ was not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church, and it is repudiated in this Note, but this tragic history reminds us of the need to be ever more vigilant in our defense of the dignity of all people and the need to grow in knowledge and appreciation of their cultures. Specifically, as Pope Francis reminded us in his encyclicalit is essential to show special care for indigenous communities and their cultural traditions...
This Note is part of what we might call the architecture of reconciliation and also the product of the art of reconciliation, the process whereby people commit to listening to each other, to speaking to each other and to growth in mutual understanding. In that sense, the insights that inform this Note are themselves the fruit of a renewed dialogue between the Church and indigenous peoples.
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