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Why the Pope's visit is important to all Canadians

For whom did Pope Francis really organize his July 24-29 trip to Canada?

The Conversation · Jul 21, 2022

Pope’s Upcoming Visit To Canada Aims At Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples

Papal visits are typically filled with the joyful pageantry, excitement and emotion of a big event. But Pope Francis’ trip to Canada next month will likely have a rather dour feel. The pope will make the transatlantic trip in part to apologize in person for past abuses suffered by Indigenous…

Zenger · Jun 17, 2022

After Pope's apology, Canada's indigenous survivors want compensation, records

Pope Francis's long-awaited apology to Canada's indigenous community for more than a century of abusive residential schools, many of them run by the Catholic Church, should be followed by millions of dollars in compensation and the release of residential school records, survivors and indigenous leaders said.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2022

Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet pope over school abuse

In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI met with a First Nations delegation from Canada and privately expressed regret over abuse suffered by Indigenous children at church-run boarding schools

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2022

As an Indigenous delegation prepares to visit the Vatican, it's worth revisiting Trudeau's 2017 papal gift of the Jesuit 'Relations'

A delegation of Indigenous people with the Assembly of First Nations, Métis National Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami soon travels to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican for events during the week of March 28.

The Conversation · Mar 22, 2022

The science of sugar + Canada's discriminatory First Nations child welfare system – The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript

This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode The science of sugar: why we’re hardwired to love it and what eating too much does to your brain, published on January 20, 2022.

The Conversation · Jan 24, 2022