“Even if you leave the ordination question aside for a moment, there is still a great need to explore ways of engaging women in all other levels of the life of the church in significant roles. There is still a lot of work to be done.”
Indigenous peoples
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Vatican Museums repatriates mummies to Peru
“More than objects, they are human beings.” said Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: ‘The Doctrine of Discovery’ and how the Catholic Church may officially reject it
The “Doctrine of Discovery” is the leveraging of the idea of discovery to argue for and put into law a claim on and right to indigenous lands. It has no current and actively sustained legal connection.
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Top Jesuit says he will hand deliver a letter to Pope Francis on the doctrine of discovery from Indigenous people of South Dakota
Indigenous groups have pressured Catholic leaders to denounce a series of papal bulls dating back to the 15th century that granted the monarchs of Portugal and Spain the right to colonize non-Christian lands.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Chile’s constitution vote raises difficult questions for Catholics about equality and abortion
Chileans will get to vote on Sunday as to whether or not to adopt a new constitution. Chilean Catholics face a document that supports some Catholic ideas of equality and community yet also codifies abortion and euthanasia.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: 3 points that were missing from Pope Francis’ apology in Canada
Gerry Desnomie, 74, suffered verbal, emotional and sexual abuse in a church-run residential school. He welcomed the pope’s apology in Canada—but says three points were missing.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis recaps his Canada pilgrimage: We must face up to our sins.
“It was therefore a penitential pilgrimage,” Pope Francis said at today’s general audience. “There were many joyful moments, but the overall meaning and tone was reflection, repentance and reconciliation.”
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Exclusive: Canadian Archbishop Bolen evaluates Pope Francis’ visit to Canada
“We are at a different place than we were a week ago in the church’s walk with Indigenous Peoples, a better place.”
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Interview: Mandy Gull-Masty, the first female grand chief of the Cree Nation, reflects on Pope Francis’ Canada visit
An exclusive interview with Mandy Gull-Masty, the grand chief of the Cree Nation and the first woman to hold that post, about Pope Francis’ visit to Canada and the future of the reconciliation process.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
On plane, Pope Francis discusses ‘cultural genocide,’ contraception and German synod
Aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis addresses questions about future travel, the doctrine of discovery, contraception and Germany’s Synodal Way.