Pope Francis will soon arrive in Canada. What is the history of residential schools in Canada? And what might a papal apology mean in a long, important process of truth-telling and reconciliation?
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Why Pope Francis will visit Canada to apologize to Indigenous Peoples
On July 24–29, 2022, Pope Francis will make a historic visit to Canada, where he will meet with many Indigenous Peoples across the country and issue an in-person apology for the Catholic Church’s involvement in the residential school system, which for nearly 200 years waged a cultural war on Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. In this episode […]
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Pope Francis describes his upcoming visit to Canada as a ‘penitential pilgrimage’
Pope Francis says he will make “a penitential pilgrimage” to Canada July 24 to embrace and contribute to healing and reconciliation with its Indigenous peoples
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Scalpers are selling tickets to Pope Francis’ Mass in Canada. Please don’t buy them.
Every ticket scooped up by scalpers is one less ticket available to the very people that the pope is going to Canada to see.
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Despite knee pain, Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to meet residential school survivors is on
The Vatican released the itinerary for Pope Francis’ visit to Canada in late July, providing a sign he intends to go ahead with the trip.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A young Canadian woman is reconsidering medically assisted dying after a GoFundMe campaign
For a young woman with acute environmental hypersensitivity, applying to government authorities for assistance with dying has proved far easier than dealing with the housing bureaucracy.
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Pope Francis will visit Indigenous peoples in Canada in late July, Vatican confirms
Pope Francis will meet members of Canada’s Indigenous communities in late July, visiting the cities of Edmonton, Quebec, and Iqaluit in Nunavut, the country’s most northern region.
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Interview: Canadian Archbishop Bolen on the visit between Pope Francis and Indigenous peoples
In this exclusive interview, Canadian Archbishop Don Bolen shares the significance of the pope’s meeting with Indigenous survivors of Canada’s residential schools and what he expects from the pope’s pledged visit to Canada.
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Podcast: What Pope Francis’ mobility issues could mean for his upcoming travels
Pope Francis hopes to visit Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan in July, with possible trips to Ukraine and Lebanon before that. But this past weekend, the pope struggled to move around during his trip to Malta.
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Roundtable: Indigenous survivors of abuse on truth, reconciliation and the need for a papal apology
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” survivors explain their hopes for what healing can look like when the church and indigenous people face the truth together.