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Exploring Theme: "Indigenous views of Vatican meeting"
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April 7, 2022
Residential School Survivors speak out after Popes’s apology at the Vatican
CBC: Cowessess First Nation, Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Lebret Qu’Appelle Indian Industrial Residential School all raised as possible sites. Survivors have been demanding a papal apology on their territory for decades, and these calls were formalized in the 2015 final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Momentum and pressure grew last summer...
April 3, 2022
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation comment on visit to Pope in Rome
Following the separate meetings with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis delegates and Pope Francis this week, the NCTR is issuing the following statement: “This week’s delegations were a step forward on the path of reconciliation set out for us by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Having Survivors speak their truth directly to the Pope...
March 28, 2022
Inuit requests for action from Pope Francis
In a one hour meeting at the Vatican, National Inuit Leader Natan Obed called for specific actions by Pope Francis to advance reconciliation with Inuit In Canada. Inuit humbly request that Pope Francis undertake the following actions: As per Call to Action 58 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, deliver an apology in...