The Vatican renounced a 500-year-old doctrine that justified colonial land theft... Now what? (Clip)
Channel: The Conversation
Date: 2023-04-10

The Vatican recently renounced a 500-year-old doctrine that justified colonial land theft. While  the Church’s role was quickly taken up by new political entities, the lingering effects of the Doctrine continue to function as a rationale for ongoing colonial practices. 

Last week on Don't Call Me Resilient, political and Indigenous studies scholar Veldon Coburn of @uottawa says this welcome symbolic gesture may work to alleviate the moral stain of colonial plunder, and serve as an admittance of culpability.

Listen: https://theconversation.com/the-vatican-just-renounced-a-500-year-old-doctrine-that-justified-colonial-land-theft-now-what-podcast-203229

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