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Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Iqaluit, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, to Rome July 29, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring

Pope says residential-school policy was part of 'genocide' plan

Cindy Wooden|Jul 30, 2022|5 Min Read

Pope Francis leads a meeting with young people and elders outside the primary school in Iqaluit in the Canadian territory of Nunavut July 29, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Pope brings apology to Arctic Indigenous communities

Cindy Wooden|Jul 29, 2022|5 Min Read

An Indigenous woman displays a cradleboard as Pope Francis meets with a delegation of Indigenous peoples in the archbishop's residence in Quebec City July 29, 2022. Indigenous leaders want Pope Francis to help them get information about the more than 4,000 children who died at Canada's residential schools and the thousands of others who never returned home from the schools. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope entrusts new relationship with Indigenous to three holy women

Cindy Wooden|Jul 29, 2022|4 Min Read

A man is comforted by an Indigenous leader during ceremonies in Maskwacis, Alberta, July 25, 2022, where Pope Francis apologized to Canada's native people on their land for the church's role in schools where Indigenous children were abused. (CNS photo/Adam Scotti, Prime Minister's Office handout via Reuters)

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Despite papal apology, some Native Americans find it hard to forgive

Barb Fraze|Jul 29, 2022|4 Min Read

Indigenous people hold a banner calling on Pope Francis to "rescind the doctrine," an apparent reference to the so-called Doctrine of Discovery, a collection of old papal teachings that encouraged explorers to colonize and claim the lands of any people who were not Christian, placing both the land and the people under the sovereignty of European Christian rulers. The incident occurred during a papal Mass at the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec July 28, 2022. (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

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Raising banner, protesters raise questions about 'Doctrine of Discovery'

Cindy Wooden|Jul 28, 2022|4 Min Read

Indigenous people hold a banner calling on Pope Francis to "rescind the doctrine," an apparent reference to the so-called doctrine of discovery, a collection of old papal teachings that encouraged explorers to colonize and claim the lands of any people who were not Christian, placing both the land and the people under the sovereignty of European Christian rulers. The incident occurred during a papal Mass at the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec July 28, 2022. (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

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Church cannot flee failures, but must reconcile with Indigenous, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jul 28, 2022|4 Min Read

The bell tower of a church is seen during sunset in the village of Montmaneu, Spain, Jan. 28, 2022. (CNS photo/Nacho Doce, Reuters)

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Spain: Abuse commission investigates thousands of cases from 1970s, 1980s

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jul 27, 2022|3 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

Pope Francis meets with Indigenous peoples and members of the parish community of Sacred Heart Church in Edmonton, Alberta, July 25, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Indigenous and Catholic: One can proudly be both, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jul 25, 2022|5 Min Read

Pope Francis prays at the Ermineskin Cree Nation Cemetery before meeting with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities at Maskwacis, Alberta, July 25, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Returning moccasins, pope apologizes for church role in residential schools

Cindy Wooden|Jul 25, 2022|5 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Grand Chief George Arcand of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations as he arrives at Edmonton International Airport July 24, 2022. Looking on is Mary Simon, governor general of Canada. The pope was beginning a six-day visit to Canada. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Pope arrives in Canada focused on elders and on repentance

Cindy Wooden|Jul 24, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis accepts snowshoes from Adrian Gunner, representing the Assembly of First Nations, during a meeting with Canadian Indigenous groups at the Vatican in this April 1, 2022, file photo. The pope plans to read his speeches in Spanish during his July 24-29 trip to Canada. While the Indigenous will be the focus of the trip, concern for the environment and prayers for Ukraine also are expected. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope's words in Canada may have broader reach, official says

Cindy Wooden|Jul 20, 2022|3 Min Read

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