Second Sustainability Report for The United Church of Canada shows marked progress in climate actions
Press Release TORONTO, April 26, 2023 – On the heels of Earth Week, The United Church of Canada released its second Sustainability Report, which highlights the work it is doing…
MCK issues Statement on Doctrine of Discovery – Repudiation falls short of action
Press Release (Kahnawake – 17, Onerahtókha/April 2023)The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) Ratitsénhaienhs wish to express their dismay with the recent announcement by Pope Francis repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery…
Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta – Policing as an essential service and Vatican’s Doctrine of Discovery repudiation response.
Press Release April 6, 2023 Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta – Policing as an essential service and Vatican’s Doctrine of Discovery repudiation response. NT5…
MNBC Statement on the Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery
Press Release April 3, 2023 (Surrey, B.C.) – Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) commends the Vatican’s recent repudiation of concepts that failed to recognize the equal dignity and inherent rights…
MNC Statement on the Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery
Press Release Following decades of hard work and advocacy on the part of Indigenous leadership and survivors, the Vatican has issued a statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery, signalling a…
AFN Response to the Vatican’s Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery
AFN Response to the Vatican’s Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery Press Release (Ottawa, ON) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is welcoming the Vatican’s formal repudiation of the…
ITK Statement On Repudiation Of Doctrine Of Discovery
Press Release March 31, 2023 For centuries, the Catholic Church’s leadership and decision-making has caused irreversible damage to Inuit and Indigenous communities in Canada. Doctrine then and now has been…
AMC Responds to the Vatican’s Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery
Press Release March 30, 2023 Treaty One Territory, MB – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) responds to a joint statement issued today by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral…
FNLC Welcomes Vatican’s Formal Rejection of ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
Press Release March 30, 2023 (Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) After decades of appeals by Indigenous peoples around the world, the Vatican has finally formally rejected the…
Church defends Indigenous peoples: ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ was never Catholic
Press Release A “Joint Statement” from the Dicastery for Culture and the Dicastery for Integral Human Development formally repudiates “those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of…
