Pope’s Canadian visit prompts demands to renounce centuries-old Doctrine of Discovery – Canada’s National Observer
August 2nd 2022
As Pope Francis travelled across Canada, so did a demand to revisit centuries-old declarations.
At the front of a basilica in Quebec, where the 85-year-old pontiff prepared to preside over mass, Sarain Fox and her cousin stood in silence, holding a banner with the words “Rescind the Doctrine” emblazoned in red and black paint.
“It felt like the resistance that was missing,” said Fox, who is from Batchawana First Nation.
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