Pope Francis said all the speeches he has prepared for his trip to Canada "begin and end" with asking forgiveness.
In an early July interview, he acknowledged the "cruel way" the Catholic Church collaborated with the Canadian government in "colonization" by uprooting Indigenous
Native American tribal representatives are partnering with Catholic dioceses and religious congregations in uncovering vast amounts of information about the church's role in operating residential schools that for more than a century worked to assimilate Indigenous children into white society.
Known as the
Hundreds of people gathered in this tiny Andean village for the burial of the remains of 50 victims of a brutal massacre committed by Peruvian soldiers in 1985.
For a day and a half before the May 20 funeral, relatives kept vigil around
The Vatican recently confirmed that Pope Francis, as alluded to earlier this year, would visit Canada in July to apologize to the country’s Indigenous on behalf of the Church in order to promote reconciliation and healing for the Church’s role in running
Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess First Nation and Archbishop Donald Bolen of Regina, Saskatchewan, have been walking together for some time now -- including through the work of ground-penetrating radar and finding 751 hits near a former Catholic-run residential school last
Hundreds of boarding schools supported by the U.S. government for 150 years sought to forcefully assimilate Native American and Indigenous children into white society, a first-of-its-kind report from the Interior Department said.
The report, issued May 11, identified 408 schools in 37 states
The head of the Manitoba Métis Federation said his group's meeting with Pope Francis was an emotional encounter centered on reconciliation between the Indigenous community and the Catholic Church.
"It was such a touching moment for all of us," said David Chartrand, president
Earlier this month, after meeting with representatives of Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Métis, Pope Francis offered a heartfelt apology for the ghastly abuses of Indigenous children that were perpetrated in Canada’s residential schools. On April 1, the pope confessed that he
Expressing "sorrow and shame" for the complicity of Catholics in abusing Indigenous children in Canada and helping in the attempt to erase their culture, Pope Francis pledged to address the issue more fully when he visits Canada.
Saying he was impressed by their
Members of Canada's Assembly of First Nations gave Pope Francis a "cradleboard," a traditional baby carrier, and asked him to keep it overnight as he reflected on what happened to Indigenous children who were sent to residential schools and, particularly, to those