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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

A man from the Shanenawa tribe observes an Indigenous dance during a 2019 festival to celebrate nature and ask for an end to the burning of the Amazon in Feijó, Brazil. A Brazilian Catholic official hopes the papal apology in Canada will encourage citizens to get involved to stop violence against Indigenous peoples. (CNS photo/Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters)

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Papal apology reinforces Brazilian church's Indigenous work, leaders say

Lise Alves|Jul 29, 2022|3 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

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|5 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

Asylum-seeking migrants wait to be transported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, July 26, 2022. (CNS photo/Go Nakamura, Reuters)

Pope launches video campaign to highlight dialogue with migrants, refugees

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jul 28, 2022|2 Min Read

Argie Aguirre, a member of the River Warriors, gathers trash from the polluted Pasig River in Manila, Philippines, June 22, 2021. Pope Francis intensified his calls for caring for creation ahead of "Earth Overshoot Day," the day when resource consumption goes into "debt" because the annual demand on nature exceeds what the earth can regenerate in that year. That day fell on July 28 this year. (CNS photo/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters)

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Pope ups calls for care as global consumption keeps outpacing resources

Carol Glatz|Jul 28, 2022|3 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 walks from the papal plane as he arrives at an airfield during a 2015 foreign trip. Pope Francis will be featured in a new documentary premiering at this year's Venice Film Festival. Titled, "Traveling," the film covers the pope's near decade of travel. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Venice Film Festival will feature documentary on Pope Francis' travels

Carol Glatz|Jul 27, 2022|2 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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