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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

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

Woman, 85, being kicked out of home she's lived in for 27 years by Presbyterian Church

The church's decision has left both Anne Allsop and her son Stephen angry and frustrated. The church says it needs to sell the property to a housing association to provide affordable homes

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Pope in Quebec amid decline of Catholic Church in province

Pope Francis arrives in Quebec at a time when many French Canadians are not only continuing to move away from religion but explicitly rejecting it

The Independent UK

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

Pope Francis ‘begs forgiveness’ over abuse at church schools in Canada

Pontiff apologises on visit to country over ‘catastrophic’ historical mistreatment of Indigenous children

The Guardian - US

ED raids CSI Church offices in capital city

Alleged money laundering scam linked to Church-run institutions

The Hindu

Orthodox Church to get seven new metropolitans

Church to appoint new clergy, laity trustees and managing committee

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ED inspects CSI Church office in Thiruvananthapuram

Move pertains to alleged money laundering case linked to a Church-run medical college

Reason

Hobbes' Leviathan and Thousands of Others Were Off-Limits to Catholics

Leviathan was a challenge to the governing independence of the Holy See.

The Hindu

Syro-Malabar Church’s uniform Mass row: Vatican asks Archbishop Antony Kariyil to step down

The row is centred around a decision by the Synod of bishops of the Syro Malabar Church in August last year to follow a uniform way of celebrating the Mass.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pope on 'Penitential' Visit to Canada Indigenous School Survivors

Pope Francis will visit a former residential school in Canada on Monday, where he is expected to make a historic personal apology to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over decades at the Catholic-run institutions. The leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics arrived the previous day in Edmonton for a…

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The Vatican and Western Canadian missions: A brief history

Pope Francis’s historic visit to Canada and his much-anticipated apology for the Catholic Church’s role in abuses Indigenous people suffered at residential schools raises the question of the overall relationship between the Vatican and Indigenous Peoples.

Reuters

Pope Francis leaves Rome for Canada apology tour

Pope Francis left Rome on Sunday for a trip to Canada to apologise for the role of the Roman Catholic Church in residential schools where many indigenous children were abused.

Reuters

Pope warns progressive German Catholic movement not to threaten Church unity

Pope Francis said Germany's progressive "Synodal Path", a movement, which aims to give lay members a say in the running of the Catholic Church, lacks the authority to instruct bishops on doctrine or morality, and warned of the dangers of splitting the Church.

Daily Record

Community anger over Church of Scotland plans to sell Old Gretna Church Hall

Springfield and Gretna Green Community Council members have been outraged by the proposed £90,000 sale of a church hall and adjacent car park

The Hindu

ED raids Believer’s Church, seizes documents

Simultaneous raids at offices, residences of those associated with the Thiruvalla-based Church

The Hindu

Explained | Why is Kerala protesting Supreme Court’s ESZ notification

Here is why the Supreme Court’s June 3 directive regarding Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ) is controversial in Kerala

Reason

Utah Wants To Help Afghan Refugees Prosper. Will the Federal Government Get in the Way?

The federal government set the tone on the beginning of the resettlement process. It continues to keep legal status for certain evacuees out of reach.

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