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Thank You SoulsInMotion...I appreciate that a lot.
Shaunc
Remember the countless millions of indigenous worldwide who for 500 years have suffered and died through the wars, forced resettlement, disease and conquest justified by two papal orders or bulls, called Romanus Pontifex (1455) issued by Pope Nicholas V and Inter Caetera (1493) pronounced by Pope Alexander VI.
These papal bulls are the “blueprints” for the Age of Discovery since they granted explorers the absolute right to:
“…invade, search out, capture, vanquish, and subdue all Saracens and pagans whatsoever, and other enemies of Christ wheresoever placed” and to “reduce their persons to perpetual slavery”.
Incredibly, neither of the two papal bulls has been officially revoked to this day.
Currently "The Long March to Rome" has a petition to revoke these bulls although many others including Catholic nuns, religious groups and the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers have petitioned as as well over time.
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