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A teepee stands in front of Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario, Aug. 21, 2021. A new papal statement on the Doctrine of Discovery is expected soon. (CNS photo/Michael Swan, The Catholic Register)

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What is the Doctrine of Discovery and will Vatican statement affect it?

Michael Swan|Sep 20, 2022|4 Min Read

Misty Omeasoo of the Sampson Cree First Nation, who says she is a survivor from St. Augustine school in Ponoka, Alberta, cries while waiting to see Pope Francis in Edmonton July 25, 2022. During the meeting with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities at Maskwacis, the pope apologized for the church's role in abuses at Canada's residential schools. (CNS photo/Amber Bracken, Reuters)

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'I am sorry': Canadian Indigenous react to papal apology

Michael Swan|Jul 26, 2022|3 Min Read

Crosses are seen in snow on the grounds of St. Jerome Catholic Chapel in Taos Pueblo, N.M., Nov. 29, 2019. St. Jerome is the patron saint of Taos Pueblo, where 90% of the Pueblo Indians are Catholic. The original church was destroyed by the U.S. Army in 1847 during the Mexican War, and the current church built to replace it was completed in 1850. (CNS photo/Isabelle Baldwin)

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Indigenous hope papal apology in Canada will push justice, healing in U.S.

Michael Swan|Jun 27, 2022|5 Min Read

Kevin Scott, a First Nations dancer, performs for Pope Francis in the Vatican's Clementine Hall April 1, 2022. The pope will meet members of Canada's Indigenous communities in late July, visiting the cities of Edmonton, Alberta; Quebec; and Iqaluit, Nunavut, the country's most northern region. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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For Indigenous Canadians, Pope Francis' age is advantage: He's an elder

Michael Swan|May 25, 2022|5 Min Read

Cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix of Quebec distributes Communion to an Innu woman during Mass on First Nations Sunday at the Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré June 27, 2021. More than two dozen Indigenous delegates, accompanied by a handful of Canadian bishops, plan to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican March 28-April 1. (CNS photo/Philippe Vaillancourt, Presence)

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Bishops, Indigenous Canadians reschedule meetings with pope for late March

Michael Swan|Feb 1, 2022|3 Min Read

Bishop William McGrattan of Calgary, Alberta, vice president of the Canadian bishops' conference, is pictured in an undated photo. He said a national framework for a five-year, $30 million (US$23.5 million) fundraising campaign to help with healing and reconciliation of residential school survivors and their communities is coming in the new year. (CNS photo/Michael Swan, The Catholic Register)

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Canadian bishop: Plans for healing, reconciliation campaign finalized soon

Michael Swan|Jan 6, 2022|4 Min Read

Flags fly at half-staff at the Sk'elep School of Excellence June 6, 2021, near the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, were recovered at the residential school in May. A delegation of Indigenous leaders, accompanied by several bishops, was scheduled to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican to speak about how they and their people have been treated by Catholics in Canada. (CNS photo/Jennifer Gauthier, Reuters)

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Canadian bishops, Indigenous leaders postpone Vatican meeting

Michael Swan|Dec 7, 2021|3 Min Read

Cree Chief Wilton Littlechild, Justice Murray Sinclair and Commissioner Marie Wilson unveil the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report in Ottawa, Ontario, Dec. 15, 2015. One of the Calls to Action in the report was a papal apology -- in Canada -- for church leaders' past treatment of Indigenous Canadians. (CNS photo/Chris Wattie, Reuters)

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First Nations delegation tells of hopes for upcoming meeting with pope

Michael Swan|Dec 3, 2021|4 Min Read

Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, appears in the documentary "Summer in the Forest." For the adults with disabilities who are the core members of L'Arche, news that Vanier sexually abused six women over a 35-year period hit particularly hard. (CNS photo/Abramorama)

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Intellectually disabled L'Arche members react to news of Vanier abuse

Michael Swan|Feb 26, 2020|4 Min Read

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen in Portsmouth

U.S. pro-lifers set the tone for movement to end abortion overseas

Michael Swan|Jun 6, 2019|3 Min Read

Worshippers leave Sainte-Agnes Church in Lac Megantic

National Trust: One-third of Canada's churches to close within 10 years

Michael Swan|Mar 29, 2019|5 Min Read

In a prestigious medical journal

Toronto doctors lay out procedures for euthanasia for children

Michael Swan|Oct 4, 2018|3 Min Read

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