The synod motion is here.

The forward looking Diocese of New Westminster has, in its ceaseless pursuit of relevance, passed a synod motion to “repudiate and renounce” a papal bull issued in 1452. The Doctrine of Discovery was a papal justification for colonising newly discovered non-Christian lands.

The diocese, having writhed with guilt for centuries over occupying native – sorry, Indigenous People’s – land, has made the odd decision to compound the problem by occupying churches in St. John’s Shaughnessy, St. Matthews Abbotsford and St. Matthias and St. Luke’s Vancouver. In fairness to the diocese, though, a further motion to call a special synod to figure out how best to colonise the parishes was defeated.

500 years ago Christians displaced pagans and took what belonged to them. Today pagans displace Christians and take what belongs to them.