On June 10, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy told students of the American University in Washington not be blind to our differences – but to direct attention to our common interests. Photo: Shutterstock.com
On May 4, 1493, pope Alexander VI issued the infamous ‘Doctrine of Discovery’, decreeing that “any land not inhabited by Christians was available to be discovered, claimed and exploited by Christian rulers”. This was the time that the Europeans were discovering the so-called New World, or the Americas.Pope Alexander VI declared that “the Catholic faith...
