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'Spiritual refugees' feel the loss of closed Catholic churches in Seattle. Some are appealing to the Vatican

SEATTLE — For the past three Sundays, a couple of dozen people gathering to pray in Mount Baker have met outside a locked church door.

Tribune News Service · Jul 28, 2022

Canada says pope's apology for abuses at Catholic residential schools not enough

The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn't go far enough, suggesting that reconciliation over the fraught history is still very much a work in progress.

France 24 · Jul 28, 2022

Canada says pope's apology to Indigenous not enough

The Canadian government says Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses they suffered in the country’s church-run residential schools didn’t go far enough

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

Pope in Canada honors grandparents after Indigenous apology

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

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Explained: The ongoing row over Mass celebration in the Syro-Malabar Church

Why is one archdiocese in Kerala directly clashing with Vatican over how the Mass is celebrated

The Hindu · Jul 26, 2022

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 · Jul 26, 2022

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?

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2022

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 · Jul 26, 2022

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 · Jul 25, 2022

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 · Jul 25, 2022