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.
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
Pope Francis led hundreds of pilgrims and visitors in St. Peter's Square in a moment of silent prayer for the Indigenous children who died in Canadian residential schools and for their grieving families.
After praying the Angelus June 6, the pope told the
Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver said he was "filled with deep sadness" after learning of the discovery of the bodies of more than 200 children buried on the site of what was once Canada's large Indigenous residential school.
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