Pope Francis is willing to travel to Canada as part of "the long-standing pastoral process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples," the Vatican press office said. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited the pope to visit the country, the press office
Monsignor Owen F. Campion writes that with the reelection of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Canada, American isn’t alone in having a Catholic political leader who publicly supports abortion. He writes: “No one can delve deep into the consciences of every politician
Canada's Catholic bishops have "unequivocally" apologized for the Catholic Church's role in the residential school system and have raised the possibility of a visit by the pope to Canada as part of the "healing journey" between Canada's Indigenous peoples and the church.
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The headlines coming out of Canada over the past several months have been nothing short of horrific: Hundreds of children who were once students at residential schools run by the Church found in unmarked graves. In a new analysis for Our Sunday
Three First Nations are working with the Archdiocese of Vancouver to look for remains of at least 12 students who attended the former St. Paul's Indian Residential School.
The investigation is complicated because it is roughly where the parking lot sits at St.
More churches across Canada have been destroyed or damaged by fires that police are describing as suspicious or suspected arson.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Morinville, Alberta, investigated a fire at St. Jean Baptiste Church, a 100-year-old building that went up in flames
At the annual First Nations Sunday Mass, Cardinal Gérald Lacroix acknowledged that the revelations and realizations surrounding unmarked graves at former residential schools run by Catholic communities "have brought to light a very dark page in the history of our country. Decisions
The Cowessess First Nation will put a name to each of the hundreds of bodies found at the unmarked graves on the former Marieval Indian Residential School, vows Chief Cadmus Delorme.
"We will put a headstone and a grave to each of them,"
In his recent column, Monsignor Owen F. Campion suggests that American Catholics can learn from the recent discovery in Canada, where the bodies of 215 indigenous children were found on a school property formerly operated by the Catholic Church. Monsignor Campion gives
A delegation of Indigenous people from Canada will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican before the end of the year, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said.
The delegation will include representatives of First Nations, Métis and Inuit national organizations, the bishops