Essay: The urgent need for a truth and healing commission on Indian boarding schools
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, says that while it’s painful to face the Quakers’ history of participation in these schools, “we cannot live our faith with integrity if we do not”…
When Pope visits Canada, Indigenous people look for healing – and action
Toronto/Winnipeg, CanadaReuters When Pope Francis travels to Canada, Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors say, they are hoping for more than an apology: They want action. Francis, who will be the first pope in nearly 20 years to visit Canada, said on Sunday he was making a “pilgrimage of penance” to help heal the wrongs […]
Pope hopes Canada trip will help heal “evil” done to Indigenous people
Reuters Pope Francis said on Sunday his trip to Canada next week will be a “pilgrimage of penance” that he hopes can help heal the wrongs done to Indigenous people by Roman Catholic priests and nuns who ran abusive residential schools. The 24th to 30th July trip will include at least five encounters with native […]
US report details church-state collusion on Native schools
AP A new US Interior Department report on the legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans underscores how closely the US Government collaborated with churches to Christianise them as part of a project to sever them from their culture, their identities and ultimately their land. The role of churches forms a secondary part of the Federal Indian Boarding […]