110. Are seminarians cheap labour?
The current seminary structure also creates the ‘I-have-arrived mentality’ accompanied by an entitlement mentality.
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109. Ebube agụ na-eche agụ
‘Ebube agụ na-eche agụ’ is an Igbo maxim that roughly translates as ‘the glory of the leopard shields the leopard’
108. How Islam converted entire nations
A major reason Islam displaced Christianity is the lack of inculturation of the Christian faith
107. The Church’s recent statement
The Catholic Church repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of indigenous peoples, including what is known as the “doctrine of discovery”
106. Pope Francis’ Apology to Mexico and Spaniards’ Reaction
Both my predecessors and I have asked forgiveness for personal and social sins for all the actions or omissions that did not contribute to evangelisation – Pope Francis
105. Against the Doctrine of Discovery: Papal apologies
I humbly ask forgiveness, not only for the offenses of the Church herself, but also for crimes committed against the native peoples during the so-called conquest of America – Pope Francis
104. Message to commemorate the centenary of Lacrimabili Statu
The present celebration is providential in order to safeguard the dignity and rights of the indigenous peoples.
103: Against the Doctrine of Discovery: Lacrimabili Statu
Though much has thus been done for the Indians, there is much more that still remains to be done
102. Against Slave Trade: In Supremo Apostolatus
We warn earnestly in the Lord faithful Christians of every condition that no one in the future dare to vex anyone, despoil him of his possessions, or reduce to servitude
101. Against the Doctrine of Discovery: Immensa Pastorum
We prohibit each and every one of the persons, under penalty of excommunication latae sententiae, to enslave the Indians