Pope Francis

Warning: This story deals with disturbing subject matter that may upset and trigger some readers. Discretion is advised. According to Tom McCallum (White Standing Buffalo), when Cree-speaking peoples first saw the “black robes” kneeling down and immersed in prayer, they didn’t know what the clergymen were doing. Pointing up to…

QUEBEC - Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed shame and sorrow for the role Catholic institutions played in the "deplorable" residential school system, promising the church would help promote the Indigenous cultures the schools tried to erase. Speaking at Quebec City's historic Citadelle, Francis asked forgiveness for the harm done by…

Pope Francis gets water from the lake after blessing it during the annual pilgrimage event in Lac Ste. Anne, Alta., Tuesday, July 26, 2022. By Brittany Hobson and Sidhartha BanerjeeThe Canadian Press Wed., July 27, 2022timer5 min. read QUEBEC - Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed shame and sorrow for the…

Pope Francis adjusts a traditional headdress he was given after his apology to Indigenous people. Photo / AP It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers fastened in place by a colourful, beaded headband after he apologised for the…

18 days agoRadioDuration 23:13Decades ago Phil Fontaine helped open Canada's eyes to the horrors of the residential school system. And he's since spent years pushing for an apology from the top of the Catholic Church. Today he reflects on hearing Pope Francis say "sorry" for the second time. "My big…

LAC STE. ANNE, Canada (RNS) — On the shores of the largest Indigenous pilgrimage site in North America, Pope Francis praised the role of grandparents in preserving faith and tradition Tuesday (July 26), while continuing his visit of healing and reconciliation in Canada. “You possess a treasure!” the pope told…

Twenty years ago, Pope John Paul II went to Canada for World Youth Day, an event held every few years to encourage young Catholics in their faith and to spark “the hope that springs eternal in the hearts of the young,” as he put it. Thousands of people joined an…

(RNS) — In his first speech in Canada, Pope Francis gave a comprehensive apology that showed he had listened carefully to the concerns of Indigenous peoples. They wanted not only an apology for the sins of individual Christians against the Indigenous children in church-run residential schools but also an acknowledgment of…

The first and last papal visit to Quebec was in 1984, when Pope John Paul II drew an estimated 350,000 people to a mass in Montreal's Jarry Park. Pope Francis arrives at Commonwealth Stadium to give an open-air mass July 26, 2022, in Edmonton. Photo by Cole Burston /Getty Images…

Author of the article: The Canadian Press Stephanie Taylor Pope Francis prays at a gravesite at the Ermineskin Cree Nation Cemetery in Maskwacis, Alta., during his papal visit across Canada on Monday, July 25, 2022. Pope Francis delivered a historic apology to survivors of the country's residential school system, the…