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Pope seeks forgiveness for sexual abuse at Canadian residential schools

Pope Francis on Thursday asked for forgiveness for sexual abuse at Canadian schools for indigenous children run by Catholic orders, addressing a deep wound that many survivors wanted him to acknowledge during his apology tour in Canada.

Reuters · Jul 28, 2022

Claudy families pursue Catholic Church over late priest’s alleged involvement

Legal action against the PSNI and Northern Ireland Office last year saw settlements agreed ‘without admission of liability’ over bombing.

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022

Canada says Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous people for school abuse did not go far enough

The Canadian government has made clear Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous people for decades of abuse suffered in Church-run residential schools did not go far enough.

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2022

Canada leaders tell pope of horrors of indigenous schools

Canada's leaders on Wednesday pointedly told Pope Francis of the horrors of Church-run residential schools for indigenous and the pontiff lamented that many were still living in poverty in one of the world's richest countries.

Reuters · Jul 27, 2022

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 · 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

Church row: Nuncio meets Kariyil

The crucial meeting comes a day after Vatican authorities had reported to have asked Archbishop Antony Kariyil, the administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese, to step down from his position

The Hindu · 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

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".

Reuters · Jul 25, 2022

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."

Reuters · Jul 25, 2022