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New paths sought in reconciliation walk – The Catholic Register
May 13, 2022 Chief Cadmus Delorme of Cowessess First Nation and Regina Archbishop Donald Bolen have been walking together for some time now — including through the work of ground-penetrating radar and finding 751 hits near a former Catholic-run residential school on Cowesses First Nation east of Regina in the summer of 2021. “It took […]
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Read MoreThe Doctrine of Discovery: Its effects are still being felt, but only the Pope can rescind it – CBC
May 12, 2022 Truth and Reconciliation commissioner says it’s ‘a matter of time’ before doctrine dies When the Archbishop of Canterbury visited Saskatchewan earlier this month, those who spoke with him made him aware of the damage caused by the Doctrine of Discovery. Many survivors tie its existence to the creation and presence of residential […]
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Read MoreFSIN presses Canadian Catholic bishops to bring Pope to Saskatchewan – APTN News
May 09, 2022 The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations held a news conference at the last standing residential school in Saskatchewan to call on the Pope to visit the province this summer. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron is pressing the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to arrange a stop for Pope Francis so survivors can hear […]
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Read MoreSask. Indigenous leaders calling on Pope to visit former residential school – CTV News
May 9, 2022 The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling on the Catholic Church to arrange for the Pope to visit a former Saskatchewan residential school during his trip to Canada. The FSIN is asking the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) to arrange for the July 2022 Papal visit to include Muskowekwan […]
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Read More‘I am ashamed, I am horrified’: Archbishop of Canterbury expresses remorse over church’s role residential schools – APTN News
There was another apology from the Anglican Church of Canada to residential school survivors over the weekend—but this time it came from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England. Archbishop Justin Welby visited the James Smith Cree Nation in Treaty 6 territory in northeastern Saskatchewan where residential […]
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Read MoreResidential school survivors, advocates hope Archbishop of Canterbury brings more than apologies to Canada – CBC
Apr 29, 2022 The global Anglican Church has billions in assets, should fund healing programs, they say Tom Roberts is still recovering from his time at the Prince Albert Indian Residential School run for decades by the Anglican Church. “Your opinion didn’t matter. Your ideas didn’t matter. There were three things that we were taught […]
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Read MoreFSIN seeking to have Pope visit residential school gravesite in Sask. – paNOW
Apr 26, 2022 The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) wants Pope Francis to visit a residential school gravesite in Saskatchewan during his upcoming trip to Canada. On April 1, the Pope offered an apology for the Catholic church’s role in residential schools in Canada. Plans for his Canadian visit were announced at the time, […]
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Read MoreMétis Nation–Saskatchewan Representatives head to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis
March 24, 2022 –The Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S) welcomes the opportunity to share the stories of survivors of the residential school system in Saskatchewan with the Holy See. While Canadians have been facing the horrific details of the residential school system, the Métis experience remains largely forgotten and ignored, particularly by the federal government. Survivors and […]
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Read MoreCanadian bishops look forward to Indigenous delegation, Pope Francis meeting – SaskToday.ca
The meeting will help the Catholic church address its role in Canada’s residential school system SASKATOON — The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops expects the scheduled meeting next week between representatives of Indigenous Peoples and Pope Francis to be significant step toward healing and reconciliation. Representatives from the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami […]
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Read MoreIndigenous delegations, Pope meeting set next month – SaskToday.ca
A final audience with Pope Francis will end the trip SASKATOON — The postponed meeting by Canada’s Indigenous delegation with Pope Francis will finally push through in the last week of March according to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. The meeting was originally set for Dec. 17 to 20, 2021, but the rising cases […]
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