Canada unveils revised $C23 billion compensation deal for Indigenous children
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canada’s Federal Government and a group of Indigenous people have reached a revised $C23.34 billion agreement to compensate First Nations children and families for the decades of harm caused by a discriminatory welfare system. The terms of the deal, announced by the Canadian Government in a statement on Wednesday, were revised to […]
Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet Pope over school abuse
Toronto, Canada AP 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 […]
Papal meeting with Canadian First Nations now set
Toronto, CanadaAP A meeting at the Vatican between Pope Francis and Indigenous people who were abused at church-run boarding schools in Canada has been rescheduled for late March and early April after being postponed due to the pandemic. The change was announced in a joint statement Tuesday by the Canadian Catholic Bishops, Assembly of First […]