Last week Pope Francis made a six-day apostolic visit to Canada, where he met with leaders of Indigenous communities and apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in…… Read more “After Pope Francis’s Apology to Indigenous People in Canada, What Happens Next?”
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Awake Grieves the Harm Caused by Native American Residential Schools
In May and June of this year, Native communities in Canada found hundreds of unmarked graves near the sites of two residential schools. This reignited conversation about…… Read more “Awake Grieves the Harm Caused by Native American Residential Schools”
Fordham Panel Explores Clergy Abuse in Native American Communities
Indigenous students suffered sexual, emotional, and physical abuse as well as the loss of culture and family while living in boarding schools run by the Catholic Church, according to a panel of experts who spoke Read more
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