Explained | Why has the Pope apologised to the indigenous people of Canada?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Why has the Pope apologised to the indigenous people of Canada?

The Hindu  

The story so far: From July 24, Pope Francis began a five-day visit to Canada to apologise in person for the Church’s role in schools meant to assimilate indigenous children. Last June, Cowessess First Nation, an indigenous organisation, found the remains of 751 people, mainly indigenous children, at the site of a former residential school in Canada’s Saskatchewan province. Pope Francis expressed “sorrow, indignation and shame” for the actions of many members of the Catholic Church, who ran and operated many residential schools in Canada. The 85-year-old Pope said that the schools system were a “disastrous error,” seeking forgiveness “for the evil committed by so many Christians” against indigenous people. The residential school system was a federal government initiative aimed at forcefully assimilating indigenous children into the European way of life.

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US Catholic Bishops formally apologizes for ‘trauma’ inflicted on Native American communities
6 months, 1 week ago

US Catholic Bishops formally apologizes for ‘trauma’ inflicted on Native American communities

CNN  

CNN — The US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology Friday to Indigenous people for the mistreatment and trauma inflicted by the Catholic Church. The document titled “Keeping Christ’s Sacred Promise: A Pastoral Framework for Indigenous Ministry,” includes the apology, discusses the church’s role in the boarding schools for Native American that forced assimilation in the 19th and …

‘Genocide in Canada’: Country to pay $2 billion to abuse survivors from indigenous communities
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Genocide in Canada’: Country to pay $2 billion to abuse survivors from indigenous communities

Firstpost  

Ottawa: The Canadian government has decided to pay more than $2 billion in compensation to indigenous communities for withstanding nearly a century of abuse suffered mainly by children. Canada’s history with indigenous communities In 2021, archaeologists unearthed over 200 unmarked graves at an old school in Canada which shed light on the country’s past of oppressing indigenous communities. Bigger role …

The long-forgotten Inuit survivors of Catholic abuses
2 years, 3 months ago

The long-forgotten Inuit survivors of Catholic abuses

Al Jazeera  

Warning: The story below contains details about abuse in residential schools that may be upsetting. In late July, Pope Francis travelled to this remote area 2,337km north of Toronto, where thousands of Canada’s residential school survivors and community members awaited an overdue apology. “We were always going to survive, and we always knew resiliency … I lead a very great …

Witnessing Pope Francis’s apology for abuses against my people
2 years, 4 months ago

Witnessing Pope Francis’s apology for abuses against my people

Al Jazeera  

Warning: The story below contains details about abuse in residential schools that may be upsetting. It was a momentous occasion; within an hour, Pope Francis would arrive to deliver a long-awaited apology to the victims of Canada’s residential schools. After documenting the stories of countless survivors of the residential schools in my work as an Indigenous journalist and travelling to …

Pope calls decades-long Indigenous abuse in Canada 'genocide', warns he must slow down
2 years, 4 months ago

Pope calls decades-long Indigenous abuse in Canada 'genocide', warns he must slow down

Firstpost  

During his six-day ‘penitential pilgrimage’ across Canada this week, the 85-year-old pope offered a historic apology to the First Nations, Metis and Inuit people, who have been waiting for years for such an acknowledgement from the head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics Rome, Italy: Pope Francis said Saturday the decades-long abuse of Indigenous schoolchildren across Canada amounted to “genocide”, …

Pope calls treatment of Indigenous in Canada schools ‘genocide’
2 years, 4 months ago

Pope calls treatment of Indigenous in Canada schools ‘genocide’

Al Jazeera  

Pope Francis steps up his apology, saying the technical word for the wiping away of a people’s culture was ‘genocide’. Pope Francis has said the treatment of the Indigenous people in Canada amounted to a “genocide”, after a six-day trip in which he apologised to survivors of abuse at Catholic-run schools. The leader of the Catholic Church on Saturday said …

Pope Francis apologises again as Canada visit wraps up in Nunavut
2 years, 4 months ago

Pope Francis apologises again as Canada visit wraps up in Nunavut

Al Jazeera  

Pope’s six-day tour of Canada is ending in northern territory of Nunavut, where he met residential school survivors. Pope Francis has apologised once more for the “evil” perpetrated by members of the Catholic Church at residential schools, as he wrapped up a six-day “trip of penance” to Canada that has drawn mixed reactions. “This only renewed in me the indignation …

Canada says pope’s apology to Indigenous not enough
2 years, 4 months ago

Canada says pope’s apology to Indigenous not enough

Associated Press  

QUEBEC CITY — The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn’t go far enough, suggesting that reconciliation over the fraught history is still very much a work in progress. Francis has said he is on a “penitential pilgrimage” to atone for the church’s role in the …

The pope's apology to Indigenous people doesn't go far enough, Canada says
2 years, 4 months ago

The pope's apology to Indigenous people doesn't go far enough, Canada says

NPR  

The pope's apology to Indigenous people doesn't go far enough, Canada says Enlarge this image toggle caption John Locher/AP John Locher/AP QUEBEC CITY — The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis' apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country's church-run residential schools didn't go far enough, suggesting that reconciliation over the fraught history is still very much …

Pope’s Canada visit ‘doesn’t heal’ wounds of Indigenous survivors
2 years, 4 months ago

Pope’s Canada visit ‘doesn’t heal’ wounds of Indigenous survivors

Al Jazeera  

For many Indigenous survivors of abuse in Canada, the papal tour is a reminder of the ‘horrors’ committed against them. It’s not something I agree with.” From the late 1800s until 1997, there were 139 federally mandated residential schools which assimilated Indigenous children into mainstream Canadian culture. “I know a lot of community members aren’t happy about him coming either.” …

Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada
2 years, 4 months ago

Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada

Associated Press  

MASKWACIS, Alberta — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations. “I am deeply sorry,” Francis said to applause from school survivors and Indigenous community members gathered at a former …

Tribal leaders, members react to pope’s apology on schools
2 years, 4 months ago

Tribal leaders, members react to pope’s apology on schools

Associated Press  

MASKWACIS, Alberta — Pope Francis’ apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system and the abuses that took place within it was a full-throated denunciation of a decadeslong policy of forced assimilation that aimed to strip Indigenous children of their culture and traumatized generations. Speaking at the site of a former residential school south of Edmonton, …

Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada
2 years, 4 months ago

Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada

India TV News  

Highlights “I am deeply sorry,” Francis said to applause from school survivors and Indigenous community members He called the school policy a “disastrous error” that was incompatible with the Gospel Further investigation and healing is needed, Pope Francis said Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying …

How was the pope's 'pilgrimage of penance' received by Indigenous people in Canada?
2 years, 4 months ago

How was the pope's 'pilgrimage of penance' received by Indigenous people in Canada?

NPR  

How was the pope's 'pilgrimage of penance' received by Indigenous people in Canada? In a moving ceremony on Monday, Pope Francis begged for the forgiveness of the Indigenous survivors of the abuse by residential schools that were run by the Catholic Church for more than a century. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Pope Francis is begging for the forgiveness of Indigenous survivors …

Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups
2 years, 5 months ago

Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups

Associated Press  

EDMONTON, Alberta — Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma. The gesture set the tone of what Francis has said is a “penitential pilgrimage” …

Pope apologises for ‘evil’ of Canada’s residential schools
2 years, 5 months ago

Pope apologises for ‘evil’ of Canada’s residential schools

Al Jazeera  

Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Pope Francis has apologised to Indigenous people in Canada for the “evil” of residential schools, the church-run, forced-assimilation institutions that First Nation, Inuit and Metis children were forced to attend for decades. “I am here because the first step of my penitential pilgrimage among you is that …

The pope's apology in Canada was historic, but for some Indigenous people, not enough
2 years, 5 months ago

The pope's apology in Canada was historic, but for some Indigenous people, not enough

NPR  

The pope's apology in Canada was historic, but for some Indigenous people, not enough Enlarge this image toggle caption Gregorio Borgia/AP Gregorio Borgia/AP Years after a Canadian-government-funded commission issued findings detailing a history of physical and sexual abuse of Indigenous children in the country's Catholic-run residential schools, Pope Francis on Monday issued an apology on Canadian soil. Sponsor Message Thousands …

‘I forgive you’: Indigenous school survivor awaits pope’s apology
2 years, 5 months ago

‘I forgive you’: Indigenous school survivor awaits pope’s apology

Al Jazeera  

Warning: The story below contains details about abuse in residential schools that may be upsetting. Seven decades later, in early April this year, Flora, from her home in Samson Cree Nation, one of four First Nations which make up the Maskwacis community of central Alberta, watched in disbelief as Pope Francis made a historic apology for the Catholic Church’s role …

Pope arrives in Canada on tour of ‘penance’ for Indigenous abuse
2 years, 5 months ago

Pope arrives in Canada on tour of ‘penance’ for Indigenous abuse

Al Jazeera  

The trip centres around an apology on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for abuse that Indigenous children endured at mostly church-run residential schools. Pope Francis has landed in Canada to kick off a week-long trip that will centre around his apology on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for the abuse that Indigenous children endured at mostly church-run residential …

The pope arrives in Canada as Indigenous groups seek a full apology
2 years, 5 months ago

The pope arrives in Canada as Indigenous groups seek a full apology

NPR  

The pope arrives in Canada as Indigenous groups seek a full apology Enlarge this image toggle caption Jessie Wardarski/AP Jessie Wardarski/AP EDMONTON, Alberta — Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church's efforts to reconcile with Native communities and …

Pope’s Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy
2 years, 5 months ago

Pope’s Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pope from the Americas and the discovery of hundreds of probable graves at the school sites. Francis has said his weeklong visit, which begins Sunday, is a …

Indigenous Canadians wary, hopeful as pope prepares apology
2 years, 5 months ago

Indigenous Canadians wary, hopeful as pope prepares apology

Associated Press  

MASKWACIS, Alberta — To this day, Flo Buffalo doesn’t drink milk — not since two nuns force-fed her the sour milk she had refused at the Catholic-run Ermineskin Indian Residential School for Indigenous children that she attended in the 1960s. “Maybe it’s going to help me to heal and to have a little bit more inner peace,” she said after …

Canada police arrest former priest for residential school assault
2 years, 6 months ago

Canada police arrest former priest for residential school assault

Al Jazeera  

RCMP says 92-year-old former priest charged with indecent assault of a child more than five decades ago in Manitoba. Canada – Police in central Canada have arrested a 92-year-old former priest for the sexual assault of a child more than five decades ago at a so-called residential school that Indigenous children were forced to attend in the province of Manitoba. …

‘A healing journey’: Residential school survivors and the Church
2 years, 6 months ago

‘A healing journey’: Residential school survivors and the Church

Al Jazeera  

Following the pope’s apology, can Canada’s residential school survivors forgive the Catholic Church for its role in the abuse and neglect of Indigenous children? “I choked up because it was such a long time … in a way you bring it back to 150 years ago when it all started.” Canada’s residential school system began in the late 1800s. “I …

Pope to visit Canada in July to meet residential school survivors
2 years, 7 months ago

Pope to visit Canada in July to meet residential school survivors

Al Jazeera  

Visit from July 24 to 30 comes after Pope Francis apologised for Catholic Church’s role in abuse of Indigenous children. Pope Francis will travel to Canada at the end of July, the Vatican has announced, as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church is expected to meet Indigenous survivors of abuse committed at so-called residential schools. The discoveries of unmarked …

‘Walking to justice’: Canada’s residential school survivors
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Walking to justice’: Canada’s residential school survivors

Al Jazeera  

Reporter Brandi Morin accompanied Indigenous survivors of Canada’s church-run residential schools as they went to the Vatican in search of an apology. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. I was with a delegation of First Nation, Metis and Inuit leaders and survivors of Canada’s church and state-run residential schools …

The pope apologised for residential school abuses. What next?
2 years, 8 months ago

The pope apologised for residential school abuses. What next?

Al Jazeera  

Indigenous leaders in Canada say Catholic Church must take concrete action to support survivors and prevent more harm. Canada – Less than a week ago, Pope Francis apologised for the “deplorable” abuses that members of the Roman Catholic Church committed at residential schools that Indigenous children were forced to attend across Canada for decades. ‘Sorrow and shame’ For decades, Indigenous …

Pope Francis apologises to Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Here is why
2 years, 8 months ago

Pope Francis apologises to Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Here is why

Op India  

Days after meeting the Indigenous leaders of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations, Pope Francis tendered an apology on Friday for the “cultural genocide of indigenous children committed by the Catholic Church in Canadian residential schools”. It must be mentioned that Pope Francis did not apologise and instead expressed sorrow after mass graves of indigenous children were initially unearthed …

Pope makes historic Indigenous apology for Canada abuses
2 years, 8 months ago

Pope makes historic Indigenous apology for Canada abuses

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to visit Canada in late July to deliver the apology in person to survivors of the church’s misguided missionary zeal. “And I now look forward to the pope’s visit to Canada, …

Pope Francis Makes Historic Apology To Indigenous Peoples For Canada Abuses
2 years, 8 months ago

Pope Francis Makes Historic Apology To Indigenous Peoples For Canada Abuses

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to visit Canada in late July to deliver the apology in person to survivors of the church’s misguided missionary zeal. “And I now look forward to the pope’s …

Pope asks for forgiveness over ‘deplorable’ Indigenous school abuses
2 years, 8 months ago

Pope asks for forgiveness over ‘deplorable’ Indigenous school abuses

The Independent  

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Pope Francis apologises for ‘deplorable’ residential school abuse
2 years, 8 months ago

Pope Francis apologises for ‘deplorable’ residential school abuse

Al Jazeera  

Indigenous leaders welcome papal apology as ‘long overdue’, but say it is only a first step on the path to justice. Speaking to Indigenous delegates at the Vatican on Friday, Pope Francis said he felt “sorrow and shame” for the role Catholics played in the many harms that Indigenous children suffered while attending the schools. Chief Gerald Antoine, head of …

‘I needed to be here’: Indigenous delegates speak their truths
2 years, 8 months ago

‘I needed to be here’: Indigenous delegates speak their truths

Al Jazeera  

Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. Rome, Italy – Representatives of the Metis, Inuit and First Nations peoples in Canada travelled to Rome this week at the invitation of Pope Francis to discuss the impacts of …

Indigenous tell pope of abuses at Canada residential schools
2 years, 8 months ago

Indigenous tell pope of abuses at Canada residential schools

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Indigenous leaders from Canada and survivors of the country’s notorious residential schools met with Pope Francis on Monday and told him of the abuses they suffered at the hands of Catholic priests and school workers. The red dye “represents that even though Pope Francis does not wear the traditional red papal shoes, he walks with the legacy …

Survivors of Canada’s residential schools to seek apology from Pope Francis
2 years, 8 months ago

Survivors of Canada’s residential schools to seek apology from Pope Francis

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Quebec Bishop Raymond Poisson, president of …

Canadian Indigenous Meet With Pope In Hopes Of Apology
2 years, 8 months ago

Canadian Indigenous Meet With Pope In Hopes Of Apology

Huff Post  

President of the Metis community, Cassidy Caron, speaks to the media in St. Peter's Square after their meeting with Pope Francis at The Vatican, on March 28, 2022. AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia VATICAN CITY — Indigenous leaders from Canada and survivors of the country’s notorious residential schools meet with Pope Francis starting Monday in hopes of securing a papal apology for …

Canadian Indigenous meet with pope in hopes of apology
2 years, 8 months ago

Canadian Indigenous meet with pope in hopes of apology

The Independent  

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The Indigenous elder hoping for an apology from the pope
2 years, 8 months ago

The Indigenous elder hoping for an apology from the pope

Al Jazeera  

A survivor of Canada’s residential schools is on a mission to get the Catholic Church to apologise for its role in them. “Now, it’s kind of coming together.” Littlechild is in his home in the Ermineskin Cree Nation in Maskwacis, central Alberta, but he is preparing to travel to Rome as part of a delegation of First Nations, Inuit and …

Indigenous delegates hold first talks with Pope Francis in Rome
2 years, 8 months ago

Indigenous delegates hold first talks with Pope Francis in Rome

Al Jazeera  

Indigenous leaders are seeking apology from the pope for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s ‘residential schools’. Rome, Italy – Members of an Indigenous delegation from Canada have held their first meeting with Pope Francis in the Italian capital, as historic discussions on the Roman Catholic Church’s role in “residential schools” are under way. “The churches in Canada, they’ve apologised; …

Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet pope over school abuse
2 years, 8 months ago

Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet pope over school abuse

Associated Press  

TORONTO — When an Assembly of First Nations delegation traveled to the Vatican in 2009 to meet with then-Pope Benedict XVI, the pontiff told them in a private meeting of his “personal anguish” over abuse suffered by Indigenous children in church-run boarding schools they were forced to attend in Canada. What at the time was called an expression of deep, …

Canada: Indigenous leaders to meet pope in Rome at end of March
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada: Indigenous leaders to meet pope in Rome at end of March

Al Jazeera  

The visit comes after unmarked graves were uncovered at ‘residential schools’, many of which were run by the Catholic Church. Indigenous leaders will be travelling from Canada to the Vatican at the end of March to meet with the pope to discuss the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the Canadian “residential schools” system following multiple discoveries of unmarked graves at …

Canada: Indigenous delegation’s trip to Vatican postponed
3 years ago

Canada: Indigenous delegation’s trip to Vatican postponed

Al Jazeera  

Group says meetings with Pope to discuss Catholic Church’s role in residential school abuses delayed over Omicron fears. An Indigenous delegation has announced it is postponing a trip to meet the Pope at the Vatican to discuss the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools system, which has drawn increased scrutiny amid recent discoveries of unmarked child graves. Indigenous leaders …

Canada’s Catholic bishops sorry for abuses of Indigenous children
3 years, 3 months ago

Canada’s Catholic bishops sorry for abuses of Indigenous children

Al Jazeera  

Decision falls short of the recommendation from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the Pope to apologise. Catholic Bishops in Canada have apologised “unequivocally” to Canada’s Indigenous peoples for a century of child abuse at church-run residential schools that was part of a government programme to “assimilate” them into Canadian society, but the step still falls short of the recommendation …

Explained | What’s the history behind the remains of children found at former residential school sites in Canada?
3 years, 5 months ago

Explained | What’s the history behind the remains of children found at former residential school sites in Canada?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In late June, Cowessess First Nation, an indigenous organisation, found the remains of 751 people, mainly indigenous children, at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan province in Canada. Indigenous groups have uncovered two more sites at former residential schools in recent months, both in British Columbia, taking the number of unregistered graves found …

Canada's residential schools: White supremacist Christians still believe natives should be grateful for being converted
3 years, 5 months ago

Canada's residential schools: White supremacist Christians still believe natives should be grateful for being converted

Op India  

As the discovery of mass multiple burial sites and unmarked graves brings back the pain of centuries of torture, and genocide for the indigenous population in Canada, the Canadian society, in general, is facing a time of reckoning, of confronting old wounds and dealing with new fears. The article in American Conservative The article in American Conservative, published on July …

Can families of Canada’s missing Indigenous children get justice?
3 years, 5 months ago

Can families of Canada’s missing Indigenous children get justice?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, July 7 at 19:30GMT: The recent discoveries of more than 1,000 graves at the sites of three former residential schools in Canada have shone a light on a dark spot in Canada’s past and once again opened old wounds. Between 1831 and 1996 more than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend boarding schools in an effort to …

The path to accountability for Canada’s residential school graves
3 years, 5 months ago

The path to accountability for Canada’s residential school graves

Al Jazeera  

Canada and Catholic Church have done little to atone for forced-assimilation institutions, say experts who demand concrete action. “The only surprising element really is that Canadians are so surprised.” At least three First Nations in Canada recently uncovered hundreds of unmarked graves of Indigenous children on the grounds of former “residential schools” – government-founded, assimilation institutions that were run by …

Pope Francis should apologise in Canada for deaths of indigenous children: Justin Turdeau
3 years, 5 months ago

Pope Francis should apologise in Canada for deaths of indigenous children: Justin Turdeau

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has urged Pope Francis to come to Canada to apologise for church-run boarding schools where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found, and he said Canadians are “horrified and ashamed” by their government's longtime policy of forcing indigenous children to attend such schools. “I have spoken personally directly with His Holiness, Pope …

Trudeau says Pope Francis should apologize on Canadian soil
3 years, 5 months ago

Trudeau says Pope Francis should apologize on Canadian soil

Associated Press  

TORONTO — 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, and he said Canadians are “horrified and ashamed” by their government’s longtime policy of forcing Indigenous children to attend such schools. “I have spoken personally directly with His Holiness, …

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