After Pope’s apology, Canada’s Indigenous survivors want compensation, records
Toronto, Canada Reuters Pope Francis’s long-awaited apology to Canada’s Indigenous community for more than a century of abusive residential schools, many of them run by the Catholic Church, should be followed by millions of dollars in compensation and the release of residential school records, survivors and Indigenous leaders said. Canada’s state-sanctioned schools forcibly separated about […]
Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found; US Catholic bishops pledge to assist review
Cranbrook, British Colombia, CanadaAP A Canadian Indigenous group said Wednesday a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former Catholic Church-run residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families. The latest discovery of graves near Cranbrook, British Columbia follows reports of similar findings […]
Pope voices “pain” over Canadian deaths, doesn’t apologise
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious and political authorities to shed light on “this sad affair”. But he didn’t offer the apology sought by the Canadian Prime Minister. Francis, in remarks to faithful […]
Canada’s Trudeau wants Vatican apology for church-run school abuses
Toronto, Canada AP Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he is “deeply disappointed” the Roman Catholic Church has not offered a formal apology and made amends for its role in Canada’s former system of church-run Indigenous boarding schools after the remains of 215 children were located at what was once the country’s largest such […]