Letter to Pope Francis Re: The Doctrine of Christian Discovery

New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends has sent a letter to Pope Francis asking him to repudiate and rescind the Doctrine of Christian Discovery promulgated by predecessor popes. In addition to achieving its stated goal, the letter supports the Amah Mutsun effort to call attention to the inhuman way that the Catholic Church and many of those within it acted towards the Native Peoples of North America (and elsewhere).