5 January – The funeral for Pope emeritus
Benedict XVI takes place in
St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, with at least 100,000 attendees.[1]
30 March – The Vatican officially repudiates the
discovery doctrine, writing that the 15th-century
papal bulls which promoted it were "manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers in order to justify immoral acts against indigenous peoples that were carried out, at times, without opposition from ecclesiastical authorities".[2]
5 January – The funeral for Pope emeritus
Benedict XVI takes place in
St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, with at least 100,000 attendees.[1]
30 March – The Vatican officially repudiates the
discovery doctrine, writing that the 15th-century
papal bulls which promoted it were "manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers in order to justify immoral acts against indigenous peoples that were carried out, at times, without opposition from ecclesiastical authorities".[2]