Pope Francis

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…

Prior to his visit, Indigenous leaders made specific calls about what they wanted to see in the apology and where they hoped it would lead OTTAWA — Pope Francis delivered a historic apology on Monday to survivors of Canada's residential schools. The majority of those government-funded institutions, in which thousands…

LAC STE. ANNE, Alta. — Pope Francis spoke in three First Nations languages at a sacred pilgrimage site hours after his public mass in Edmonton was called a missed opportunity for not including Indigenous culture or traditions.  On Tuesday, Francis joined hundreds of people at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of…

The visit to Quebec by Pope Francis is the second phase of his six-day tour of Canada, which he is using to apologize to Indigenous Peoples. Publishing date: Jul 26, 2022  •  4 days ago  •  5 minute read  •  7 Comments On Monday, Pope Francis kicked off his tour near…

The former Manitoba senator who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada says there's a "deep hole" in the apology issued by Pope Francis Monday for the role Catholics played in Canada's residential school system. Murray Sinclair says the historic apology, although meaningful to many residential school survivors and their families, fell…