In order to sptop a war from occuring between Spain and Portugal over the newly discovered continent of America, Pope Alexander IV issued the bull Inter Caetera on May 4, 1493 which divided the continent between Spain and Portugal.

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pope0214a.htm

http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/indig-inter-caetera.html

http://bullsburning.itgo.com/essays/Caetera.htm

With love in Christ.

You mean that quite occurred? Gee, I grew to become Catholic 3 years in the past, disgrace on me. truthfully, I researched the Catholic faith for over 20 years earlier starting to be a member of….on the same time as i do no longer believe all your assumptions (particularly the help of Hitler, you could carry out a little greater learn on that one), i think of that the Catholic Church has been around for 2000 years, this is surprising that there have been not greater undesirable Popes over that long of a time. Please undergo in concepts, the Pope is Human, they’d sin. interior the same way that there have been undesirable clergymen, Bishops and Cardinals, there is additionally undesirable Popes. we don’t carry that the Pope is our savior, we additionally do no longer carry that the Pope is infallible in each thing he does. additionally learn the Crusades and the Inquisition, there replaced into incorrect finished by ability of human beings of the religion for beneficial, yet, to be honest, there replaced into lots of stress by ability of non-Catholics to make the main them and lead them to larger and greater dire than they even have been. My question is which team of human beings in this international has ever been suitable? The Jews? The Muslims? The Baptists? even the Boy Scouts, Rotary, Kiwanis, college instructors, Little League? All communities of human beings are produced from imperfect human beings. we are all in want of Redemption. Why anticipate Catholics to be suitable? Why factor to the imperfections of human beings to discredit the religion itself? Peace be with you.