Essay: After listening to Indigenous peoples, Pope gives comprehensive apology
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the penitential pilgrimage of Pope Francis should be an example to all church leaders who need to apologise to victims of church leaders and other Christians…
Pope apologises for “deplorable evil” of Canadian Indigenous schools
Maskwacis, Alberta Reuters Pope Francis apologised on Monday to Canada’s native people on their land for the church’s role in schools where Indigenous children were abused, calling their forced cultural assimilation a “deplorable evil” and “disastrous error.” Speaking near the site of two former schools in Maskwacis, Alberta, Francis apologised for Christian support of the […]
Belgium: Mixed-race women lose crime against humanity suit
Brussels, BelgiumAP Five mixed-race women who were taken away from their Black mothers in infancy and sued the Belgian state for allegedly committing a crime against humanity have lost their case. Lawyers and relatives told The Associated Press on Thursday that they will appeal the Brussels court’s ruling. Lea Tavares Mujinga, Monique Bintu Bingi, Noelle […]
“Excuses are not enough”: Women taken from African mothers by Belgium now want redress
Associated Press’ SAMUEL PETREQUIN reports on the fight of women to seek compensation after being removed from their families as children in the Belgian Congo…