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 […]
Canada’s Indigenous seek dialogue with Vatican on repatriation of artefacts
Vatican CityReuters Canadian Indigenous leaders seeking an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in notorious residential schools where children where abused also want to start a dialogue on the return of native artefacts held in the Vatican Museums. “My view is that we should sit down with Church officials and begin discussions about repatriation,” Phil […]