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Pope to meet with Canada Indigenous amid demands for apology

Jul 1, 2021

Pope Francis has agreed to meet in December 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 deaths of thousands of native children.

By Nicole Winfield

Indigenous groups in Canada reports more bodies at school

Jul 1, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous group said Wednesday a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former Catholic Church-run residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families.

By Associated Press

Why some schools in Canada have unmarked graves

Jun 27, 2021

Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada say investigators have found more than 600 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children, which follows the discovery of 215 bodies at another school last month.

By Rob Gillies

Trudeau says Pope Francis should apologize on Canadian soil

Jun 26, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he has urged Pope Francis to come to Canada to apologize for church-run boarding schools where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found

By Rob Gillies

Pope and Canadian Indigenous: ‘Sorry’ must fit the level of suffering

Jun 13, 2021

Pope Francis seems to have no trouble using the word “sorry” and recommending others use it often.

Then why, people wondered, did he not use the word when speaking about the horrific discovery of the remains of as many as 215 children in unmarked graves at a Catholic-run school for Indigenous children in Canada?

By Cindy Wooden

Canada bishops organizing ‘pastoral visit’ of indigenous leaders to Vatican

Jun 12, 2021

After the recent discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at a former residential school in Canada, the bishops announced that they are organizing a meeting between the pope and indigenous leaders in Rome.

By Elise Ann Allen

Archbishop promises transparency, support after Kamloops school discovery

Jun 3, 2021

Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver announced a plan to offer increased support and transparency to First Nations people in the wake of the discovery of an unmarked burial site near a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia.

By Catholic News Service

Canadian minister says pope needs to apologize to Indigenous

Jun 3, 2021

Canada’s Indigenous services minister said Wednesday that Pope Francis needs to issue a formal apology for the role the Catholic Church played in Canada’s residential school system, days after the remains of 215 children were located at what was once the country’s largest such school.

By Rob Gillies