‘I am sorry’: Canadian Indigenous react to papal apology July 26, 2022By Michael Swan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis delivered his apology on the treaty land of the Ermineskin and Samson Cree Nations, the Louis Bull Tribe and the Montana First Nation, as part of his “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada. The site was near one of Canada’s largest residential schools.
Canadian bishops, Indigenous leaders postpone Vatican meeting December 7, 2021By Michael Swan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News The long-planned encounter between Indigenous Canadians and Pope Francis in Rome is being put off while everybody learns more about the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a joint release from three Indigenous organizations involved in the trip and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Intellectually disabled L’Arche members react to news of Vanier abuse February 27, 2020By Michael Swan Filed Under: News, World News For the adults with disabilities who are the core members of L’Arche, news that Jean Vanier sexually abused six women over a 35-year period hit particularly hard.