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Canada asks France to extradite accused priest -French diplomatic source

France has received a request from Canada to extradite retired Roman Catholic priest Johannes Rivoire so he can face a charge of sexual abuse from when he worked in Canada's North, a French diplomatic source said.

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I survived the ’60s Scoop. Here's why the Pope's apology isn't an apology at all

Pope Francis came this week to Maskwasic in central Alberta — where many Indigenous people, including survivors of residential schools and their descendants, had gathered — to deliver an expected apology in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action No. 58:

The Conversation

A religiously diverse Edmonton hosts Pope Francis' visit

Pope Francis is visiting a Canada that is less Catholic, more secular and more religiously diverse than the last time the country hosted a pontiff two decades ago

The Independent UK

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Coming changes to the Canadian airline industry could lead to even more disruption

The state of global aviation has been a mess in recent months as pandemic-related travel restrictions have eased and the subsequent demand for flights has put a tremendous strain on airlines and airports. For Canadian flyers, the situation may actually get worse after the summer travel season.

The Conversation

Pope in Canada honors grandparents after Indigenous apology

Pope Francis is celebrating his first big Mass in Canada to honor grandparents

The Independent UK

Pope: Church must take institutional blame for harm done to indigenous Canadians

Pope Francis on Tuesday said the Roman Catholic Church should accept institutional blame for the harm done to indigenous Canadians in residential schools that tried to wipe out native cultures.

Reuters

Hope for ‘healing’ as pope joins Indigenous Lac Ste Anne pilgrims

What is the significance of the sacred Canadian lake the pope will visit on his trip to meet Indigenous communities?

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Pope Francis ‘begs forgiveness’ over abuse of Indigenous children at church schools in Canada

Pope Francis has issued a historic apology and begged forgiveness for the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse of indigenous children in residential schools across Canada.

Evening Standard

Mass shooting in Canada leaves three dead after gunman goes on rampage

Police said two men were found dead, another man and a woman were injured, and the gunman was wounded when they located him and he was shot dead at the scene by officers

Daily Mirror

Pope’s long-awaited apology for Indian Residential Schools in Canada is a ‘first step’

Pope Francis fulfilled the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Call to Action No. 58 by offering an apology, in Canada, to the survivors of Indian Residential Schools, their families and communities. He said, “I am sorry,” and asked forgiveness for the participation of church members in “projects of cultural destruction…

The Conversation

A gunman killed 2 people during a shooting rampage in a suburb of Vancouver, Canada

A gunman opened fire at a casino, a center for the homeless and other locations before being killed by police early Monday morning.

WEKU

Pope Francis apologises to Canada's Indigenous people for church's role in forcing them to assimilate into Christian society

Pope Francis issues an in-person apology for the Catholic Church's cooperation with a "catastrophic" policy that forced Canada's Indigenous people to assimilate into Christian society.

ABC News

Tribal leaders, members react to pope's apology on schools

Pope Francis's apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s abusive residential schools was a full-throated denunciation of a decadeslong policy of forced assimilation that aimed to strip Indigenous children of their culture and traumatized generations

The Independent UK

The pope's apology in Canada was historic, but for some Indigenous people, not enough

Francis issued the apology years after a Canadian-government-funded report said children had been physically and sexually abused at the mostly Catholic-run schools in the country.

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Anguished Cree anthem caps emotional Pope apology in Canada

An anguished rendering of Canada's national anthem in Cree by an indigenous woman as tears streamed down her face marked one of several emotional moments in the first leg of Pope Francis's apology tour in Canada.

Reuters

Canada police say three dead in British Columbia shooting

A mass shooting early on Monday in the Canadian province of British Columbia left three people dead, including the suspected shooter, police said in a statement.

Reuters

Reactions to Pope's historic apology to Canada's indigenous people

Pope Francis on Monday made good on a promise to apologize to Canada's native people on their home land for the Church's role in schools where indigenous children were abused, branding forced cultural assimilation "evil" and a "disastrous error".

The Conversation

Controlling monkeypox: The time for Canada to act is now

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It’s likely that until about two months ago, many Canadians had not even heard of this disease.

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Pope apologizes for 'deplorable evil' of Canadian indigenous schools

Pope Francis apologized on Monday to Canada's native people on their land for the Church's role in schools where indigenous children were abused, calling their forced cultural assimilation a "deplorable evil" and "disastrous error."

Al Jazeera

Pope apologises for ‘evil’ of Canada’s residential schools

On Canada visit, Pope Francis asks Indigenous people for forgiveness for church members’ role in ‘catastrophic’ system.

The Guardian - US

Pope Francis ‘begs forgiveness’ over abuse at church schools in Canada

Pontiff apologises on visit to country over ‘catastrophic’ historical mistreatment of Indigenous children

The Independent UK

Pope Francis arrives in Canada to apologise to indigenous communities for abuse at former residential schools

Roughly 150,000 indigenous children forced into residential school system in Canada

The Independent UK

Canada police report multiple shootings; suspect in custody

Canadian police have reported multiple shootings of homeless people in a Vancouver suburb and said a suspect is in custody

Reuters

Several dead in Canadian mass shooting, CBC reports

Several people were killed in a mass shooting early on Monday in the Canadian province of British Columbia, local media reported.

WEKU

Pope Francis issues an historic apology for 'devastating' school abuses in Canada

Pope Francis issued a long-awaited apology and took responsibility for the church's cooperation in generations of abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada.

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