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March 14, 2024
The Church has chosen to burn bridges with Inuit instead of aiming for justice
Special to The Globe and Mail: Tanya Taluga – Inuit leader Natan Obed’s plea to the head of the Catholic Church to intervene on the extradition of a French Oblate priest charged with sexual assault in Canada was one of the most poignant moments I witnessed in Rome in 2022. Mr. Obed, the president of...
July 25, 2023
Maskwacis Pope anniversary: One year later, a need for more action
It’s been one year since Pope Francis told the assembled crowd: ‘I am deeply sorry’ CBC News: One year ago, Peyasu Wuttunee stood at a sacred fire in Maskwacis, Alta., next to residential school survivors and their family members. He was there to offer support as people dried their tears with tissues, placed them in...
July 22, 2023
Residential school survivors still waiting for next steps a year after papal visit
Some survivors say they feel ‘used’ and ‘disappointed’ by lack of progress A year after the Pope’s visit, Indigenous people frustrated by slow church action: Duration 2:12 Indigenous people in Canada are disappointed by what they say is delayed action from the Catholic Church one year after Pope Francis visited Canada and apologized for the church’s...
July 30, 2022
Pope says Indigenous people suffered genocide at residential schools
Toronto Star: ROME – Pope Francis says the abuses Indigenous Peoples faced while being forced to attend residential schools amounted to genocide. The pontiff made the comment Friday to reporters on his flight from Iqaluit back to Rome following his six-day tour of Canada. Francis apologized multiple times throughout the week for the role the...
July 30, 2022
Why Pope Francis may be hesitant to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery
CBC: Pope Francis’s apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Indigenous residential schools in Canada has raised questions about whether he would formally rescind the church’s Doctrine of Discovery. The doctrine, dating back to the 15th century, included a series of edicts known as papal bulls, that were later used to justify colonizing Indigenous lands. But any hesitation...
July 28, 2022
Pope Francis acknowledges ‘sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable people’ for first time on Canadian trip
QUEBEC CITY—On his second-last day in Canada, Pope Francis for the first time acknowledged the “sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable people” committed by members of the Catholic Church in residential schools. Speaking during an evening prayer session with Catholic cardinals, bishops and other members of the clergy, the Pope said that the church must...
July 26, 2022
Pope’s apology doesn’t acknowledge church’s role as ‘co-author’ of dark chapter: Murray Sinclair
CBC: The former Manitoba senator who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada says there’s a “deep hole” in the apology issued by Pope Francis Monday for the role Catholics played in Canada’s residential school system. Murray Sinclair says the historic apology, although meaningful to many residential school survivors and their families, fell short of Call to Action...
June 24, 2022
Pope to visit former residential school
Toronto Star – The program for Pope Francis’s trip to Canada next month includes a visit to the site of a former Alberta residential school with survivors, the Vatican said Thursday. The papal visit is set to start in Edmonton on July 24 and end in Iqaluit on July 29. It is to include public...
April 1, 2022
Pope Francis offers a partial apology
Pope Francis apologized to the delegation of First Nations, Métis and Inuit residential school survivors who travelled to Rome for meetings at the Vatican. The apology , however, was “For the deplorable conduct of these members of the Catholic Church, I ask for God’s forgiveness”. Not the role of the Catholic Church itself but individuals...
November 10, 2021
Indigenous Delegation to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops – announce that 25-30 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Elders, knowledge keepers, residential school survivors, and youth will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican from December 17-20, 2021, accompanied by a small group of Canadian Bishops. The delegation has been planned through ongoing dialogue with the Assembly of First...
October 27, 2021
Pope Francis agrees to make an “apostolic journey to Canada”
CBC – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops announced that Pope Francis had accepted their invitation to make “an apostolic journey to Canada “also in the context of the long-standing pastoral process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.” Rev. Raymond Poisson, CCCB president. “We pray that Pope Francis’ visit to Canada will be a significant milestone...
September 24, 2021
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops open letter of apology to Indigenous people
Global News – In an open letter, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) expressed their “profound remorse” for their participation in the system, which led to the suppression of Indigenous languages and culture. “We acknowledge the grave abuses that were committed by some members of our Catholic community; physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and...
July 1, 2021
Pope Francis agrees to meet Indigenous representatives
Associated Press – “Pope Francis has agreed to meet with Indigenous survivors of Canada’s notorious residential schools amid calls for a papal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse and death of thousands of native children.”...
June 7, 2021
Pope Francis response to discovery of unmarked graves at Kamloops IRS
Toronto Star – “In a speech Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, and in a statement posted on Twitter, Pope Francis addressed the news that the remains of 215 children had been found at a former residential school site in Kamloops, B.C. expressing his ‘closeness to the Canadian People who had been traumatized by (the) shocking...
May 2, 2018
Parliament calls on Pope Francis to apologize and for Church to resume fund raising efforts
Toronto Star – Parliament of Canada votes 269 to 10 across all party lines to call on Pope Francis to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in the Indigenous Residential School system and also to call on the Catholic Church to “resume best efforts” to raise funds as agreed in the 2006 settlement deal between...
March 28, 2018
Pope Francis refuse to apologize
Refusal of Pope Francis to apologize for the role in operating and managing up to 60% of the Residential schools in Canada. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops stated that the pope could not “personally” apologize.“ The Catholic Church is the only church that has not formally apologized to the survivors. Perry Bellegarde, National Chief for...
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