Pope Francis

In a powerful reminder of why the meetings between Pope Francis and Indigenous delegations took place this week, the Pope was gifted a white leather stole, the garment priests wear over their shoulders, beaded with orange crosses. Métis delegation gives Pope Francis symbolic pair of red moccasinsThe group explained the…

Pope Francis apologized at the Vatican on Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The pontiff, speaking in Italian, asked for God's forgiveness for the deplorable conduct of members of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis apologized at the Vatican on Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role…

First Nations, Inuit and Metis residential school survivors, knowledge keepers, elders, and youth have wrapped up meetings with Pope Francis at the Vatican with a historic apology. The delegation was there to renew calls for the Pope to apologize for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. On Friday,…

ROME — "With all my heart, I am very sorry." Those eight, simple words spoken by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church Friday delivered a historic and powerful measure of recognition of the pain and suffering generations of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people have endured from being subjected…

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Politics Insider for April 1: First Nations delegates make progress at the Vatican; Trudeau pushes for a G19; and a Wildrose battle Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. First Nations delegates left a two-hour meeting at the Vatican…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to visit Canada in late July to deliver the apology in person to survivors of the church’s misguided missionary zeal.…

Pope Francis has made a historic apology to Indigenous peoples in Canada for abuses at residential schools run by the Catholic Church. The pope met Friday with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates at the Vatican, where he asked for forgiveness for the abuses that occurred at the schools. "I…

Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. Pope Francis has apologised for abuses that members of the Roman Catholic Church committed at Canada’s residential schools, which Indigenous…

ROME — Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier sat down in a taxi as she left a private tour of the Vatican Museums and fell deep into thought. ROME — Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier sat down in a taxi as she left a private tour of the Vatican Museums and fell deep into thought. …