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Adrian Gunner, representing the Assembly of First Nations, presents Pope Francis with snowshoes made of black ash with caribou sinew and artificial sinew 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, Quebec and Iqaluit in Nunavut, the country's most northern region. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican confirms pope will visit Indigenous in Canada in late July

Cindy Wooden|May 13, 2022|4 Min Read

A dream catcher and crucifix are seen on the wall of a school on the Zuni Pueblo Indian reservation in New Mexico in this 2011 file photo. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Report identifies abuses of Native American children in boarding schools

Dennis Sadowski|May 11, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis receives a gift during a meeting with Indigenous elders, knowledge keepers, abuse survivors and youth from Canada, along with representatives of Canada's Catholic bishops in the Vatican's Clementine Hall April 1, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope apologizes for treatment of Indigenous in Canada, promises to visit

Cindy Wooden|Apr 1, 2022|5 Min Read

Pope Francis is pictured with Assembly of First Nations delegates during a meeting at the Vatican March 31, 2022. The delegate on the left is holding a "cradleboard," a baby carrier that the delegates asked the pope to keep overnight to remember the Indigenous children sent to residential schools. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

With 'cradleboard,' Indigenous ask pope to ponder fate of their children

Cindy Wooden|Mar 31, 2022|4 Min Read

Mitchell Case, historian and educator with the Métis Nation of Ontario, clasps the hand of Pixie Wells, president of Valley Métis Association of Métis Nation in British Columbia, as Canadian Indigenous delegates from the Métis National Council hold a press conference in Rome after meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican March 28, 2022. Also pictured is Archbishop Donald J. Bolen of Regina, Saskatchewan. The pope is holding three meetings to listen to the experiences of representatives of Canada's Indigenous communities, experiences that include being sent as children to residential schools operated by Catholic dioceses and religious orders. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Healing and hope: Indigenous want truth about past, partnership for future

Cindy Wooden|Mar 31, 2022|5 Min Read

Canadian Indigenous delegates from the Métis National Council pose for a photo after an encounter with journalists after meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican March 28, 2022. The pope is holding three meetings to listen to the experiences of representatives of Canada's Indigenous communities, experiences that include being sent as children to residential schools operated by Catholic dioceses and religious orders. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Canadian Indigenous give pope moccasins, ask him to walk with them

Cindy Wooden|Mar 28, 2022|5 Min Read

Children's shoes line a memorial on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School June 6, 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, and the residential school system is expected to figure prominently in discussions. (CNS photo/Jennifer Gauthier, Reuters)

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Papal meetings will address ‘legacy of suffering’ Indigenous face, Canadian bishops say

Elise Ann Allen|Mar 22, 2022|4 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

Pope Francis is pictured with officers of the Canadian bishops' conference during a meeting at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2021. The bishops said a delegation of Indigenous people plan to visit the pope next spring and hope the pope can visit Canada after that. Among those pictured are Bishop William Terrence McGrattan of Calgary, Alberta, vice president of the conference, and Bishop Raymond Poisson of Saint-Jérôme and of Mont-Laurier, Quebec, president. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Pope to meet Canadian Indigenous leaders in the spring, bishop says

Catholic News Service|Dec 14, 2021|2 Min Read

Figures are pictured in the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square during a preview for journalists at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2021. The Nativity is from Peru's Huancavelica region and will be unveiled to the public Dec. 10 during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves)

Vatican Nativity crèche inspired by Peru's Andean region

Junno Arocho Esteves|Dec 9, 2021|3 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

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