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Pope Francis meets with Jesuits working in Canada during a meeting at the archbishop's residence in Quebec July 29, 2022. Pictured with the group is Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Church unity threatened by ideology, pope tells Jesuits in Canada

Junno Arocho Esteves|Aug 4, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leaves his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Aug. 3, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

At audience, pope reflects on 'penitential pilgrimage' to Canada

Junno Arocho Esteves|Aug 3, 2022|3 Min Read

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Francis’ Canada apology cements legacy as ‘pope of mercy’

Elise Ann Allen|Jul 31, 2022|6 Min Read

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

Pope Francis greets bishops as he arrives to lead vespers in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Quebec July 28, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope encourages Canadian church workers in their ministry

Cindy Wooden|Jul 28, 2022|3 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

Pope Francis talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mary Simon, governor general of Canada, at Citadelle de Quebec, the residence of the governor general in Quebec City July 27, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Commitment to multicultural Canada needs real effort, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jul 27, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis visits the lake as he participates in the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word in Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, July 26, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope joins Indigenous pilgrims at lake known for its healing waters

Cindy Wooden|Jul 26, 2022|5 Min Read

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