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‘Man of compassion’: Indigenous leaders, residential school survivors on Pope Francis

Apologies, Reconciliation, Residential School

It’s been nearly three years since Pope Francis travelled to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools. But for some Indigenous survivors, memories of the historic day remain fresh in their minds. “His statements of apology still have a lot of impact to a lot of us residential school survivors,” Piita […]

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Pope wasn’t perfect but showed us another path

Apologies, Reconciliation, Residential School

I have seldom been more conflicted than when Pope Francis wore a headdress. Wilton Littlechild, a former commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, gave the pontiff the headdress after he delivered an apology in 2022 for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system. I felt confused and triggered, and […]

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