Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 58

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July 24, 2023


A year after Pope’s visit, reconciliation taking shape

Archbishop of Regina says papal apology was important, but the process will be ‘a long journey’ Toronto Star: Phil Fontaine has had a year to reflect since he heard an apology from the head of the Roman Catholic Church, something the former Assembly of First Nations national chief fought much of his life to have...

July 30, 2022


Pope says Indigenous people suffered genocide at residential schools

Toronto Star: ROME – Pope Francis says the abuses Indigenous Peoples faced while being forced to attend residential schools amounted to genocide. The pontiff made the comment Friday to reporters on his flight from Iqaluit back to Rome following his six-day tour of Canada. Francis apologized multiple times throughout the week for the role the...

July 29, 2022


‘I want to tell you how very sorry I am’: Pope’s Iqaluit speech hews close to earlier apology

Pope Francis refers to ‘evil perpetrated by not a few Catholics’ involved in residential school system  Paul Tukker · CBC News · Posted: Jul 29, 2022 6:29 PM CT | Last Updated: July 29 Pope Francis offered another apology on Friday, this time to Inuit survivors of residential schools, as he wrapped up his five-day Canadian visit with a brief stop...

July 27, 2022


Address of Pope Francis at the Citadelle de Québec

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISto CANADA(24 – 30 JULY 2022) MEETING WITH CIVIL AUTHORITIES, REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS  ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS  “Citadelle de Québec”Wednesday, 27 July 2022 [Multimedia] ___________________________________ Madam Governor General,Mr Prime Minister,Distinguished Civil and Religious Authorities,Dear Representatives of the Indigenous Peoples,Honourable Members of the Diplomatic...

July 27, 2022


Canada’s bishops want Vatican to issue new statement on Doctrine of Discovery

Many Indigenous people hoped Pope Francis would renounce the policy, which has been used to justify colonizing lands considered to be ‘uninhabited’ National Post: (Canadian Press) OTTAWA — Canada’s bishops are working with the Vatican in the hope of issuing a new statement from the Catholic Church on the Doctrine of Discovery, the organizers of...

July 25, 2022


Full Text of Pope Francis apology to residential school survivors

“In the face of this deplorable evil, the church kneels before God and implores his forgiveness for the sins of her children.” Pope Francis INDIGENOUS WATCHDOG COMMENT: Not exactly an apology from the Catholic Church as an institution for its role in the operations of the Indian Residential Schools in Canada. This is again an...

July 23, 2022


Pope Francis Schedule for visit to Canada

The Papal Visit to Canada secretariat has been created by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, the national assembly of the Bishops of Canada. It was founded in 1943 and officially recognized by the Holy See in 1948. The Papal Visit team is working closely with numerous partners including the Vatican, Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers...

June 24, 2022


Pope Francis to vist residential school

Toronto Star – The program for Pope Francis’s trip to Canada next month includes a visit to the site of a former Alberta residential school with survivors, the Vatican said Thursday. The papal visit is set to start in Edmonton on July 24 and end in Iqaluit on July 29. It is to include public...

May 13, 2022


Pope Francis visit to Edmonton, Québec City and Iqaluit confirmed for July 24-30

Globe and Mail: Pope Francis will visit Canada in July in a cross-country tour that will take in Quebec City, Edmonton and Iqaluit, the Vatican confirmed Friday, in a trip intended to address the Catholic Church’s harmful legacy of running the majority of the country’s residential schools. The visit will take place from July 24...

April 15, 2022


Pope Francis likely to visit Edmonton, Québec City and Iqaluit

Pope Francis is expected to visit at least three cities during a late July trip to Canada, CBC News has learned. Sources involved in the planning of the trip say the Pope will likely make stops in Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit during what is scheduled to be about a four-day trip to the country....

April 1, 2022


‘I am sorry’: Pope Francis apologizes for role Catholics played in residential school abuses

APTN – During their last in-person meeting with Pope Francis, First Nations, Inuit and Métis members of the delegation to Vatican City heard the words they were seeking, “I am sorry.” In the hour-long meeting before the delegation returns home to cities and communities across Canada, Pope Francis, reading from prepared notes, reviewed what he...

April 26, 2018


Catholic Church states that the Church itself could not be blamed for the residential schools

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has claimed in recent weeks, in defence of a statement that Pope Francis could not “personally respond” to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s request for an apology for residential schools, that the Catholic Church itself could not be blamed for the abuses committed at the institutions. The conference says...

April 26, 2018


Catholic Church denies accountability for residential school abuses

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops – has claimed in recent weeks, in defence of a statement that Pope Francis could not “personally respond” to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s request for an apology for residential schools, that the Catholic Church itself could not be blamed for the abuses committed at the institutions. The conference says...

March 27, 2018


Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops states that Pope Francis cannot personally apologize

A letter released Tuesday by the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says Pope Francis has not shied away from recognizing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples around the world, but that he can’t personally apologize for residential schools. “As far as Call to Action #58 is concerned, after carefully considering the request and...

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