Indigenous people

Church in Cameroon in legal fight over pilgrimage site
- Global Church
- September 16, 2017
Leaders of indigenous peoples in Cameroon have taken a Catholic bishop to court in an effort to stop Catholics from going on pilgrimage to a mountain considered sacred to their traditional religion. A cross was erected on the mountain 60 years ago in order to pray for peace during the country’s war for independence.
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Another statue of St. Junipero Serra vandalized in California
- Church in the US
- September 13, 2017
Another statue of St. Junipero Serra has been defaced in California. The founder of the California missions has been criticized for his treatment of native populations in the 18th century. However, when Pope Francis made him a saint, he said Serra “sought to defend the dignity of the native community, to protect it from those who had mistreated and abused it.”
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Religious and indigenous leaders seek to save rainforests
- Global Church, Religion News Service
- June 21, 2017
In the spirit of Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, ‘Laudato Si’,’ religious and indigenous leaders from dozens of countries met in Norway to discuss the dangers of deforestation and climate change. The initiative plans to find new ways to protect the planet and indigenous people with interreligious cooperation.
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Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
- Vatican
- May 29, 2017
Less than a week after meeting with President Trump, Pope Francis met with another key leader in North America on Monday May 29, the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau is called the “anti-Trump” by many, and the meeting featured many points of congruence as well as contested issues, such as euthanasia.
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