 No Papal condemnation of Transatlantic slave trade was made at the time.La Casas in 1547 declared that the Spanish never waged a just war against the Indians since they did not have a just cause for doing so.A number of Popes did issue papal bulls condemning "unjust" enslavement ("just" enslavement was still accepted as a form of punishment), and mistreatment of Native Americans by Spanish and Portuguese colonials; however, these were largely ignored.