Pope Francis spoke about the importance of grandparents and the elderly as thousands gathered for a public mass at Edmonton’s football stadium Tuesday, a day after the pontiff apologized for abuses committed at Catholic-run residential schools. Francis prayed for “a future in which the history of violence and marginalization suffered by our Indigenous brothers and […]
Thousands of Indigenous people converged Monday on the small Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear a long-awaited apology from Pope Francis for generations of abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada. Francis was scheduled to arrive in mid-morning at the site of the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School, now largely torn down. […]
Pope Francis has apologized for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system after a week of meetings with First Nations, Inuit and Metis delegations. He has also said he would come to Canada. A date has not been confirmed at this time, but it could be as soon as his summer. Pope […]
