Pope Francis to respond to First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates in final audience

First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates are meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday for a…

Residential school survivors push for papal visit to Kamloops, B.C., want input on expected apology

WARNING: This story contains distressing details.More than a dozen residential school survivors from First Nations across the country…

Pope flying to Edmonton to start 6-day 'penitential trip' aimed at Indigenous reconciliation

Pope Francis is en route to Canada to embark on what he describes as a "penitential trip" aimed…

Why Pope Francis may be hesitant to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery

WARNING: This story contains distressing detailsPope Francis's apology for the Catholic Church's role in Indigenous residential schools in…

Sask. residential school survivors disappointed Pope Francis not stopping in province

Saskatchewan residential school survivors and Indigenous leaders say they're disappointed Pope Francis won't be stopping in their province this…

Pope Francis says residential schools experience amounted to genocide

While the word genocide wasn't heard in any of Pope Francis's addresses during a week-long trip to Canada,…

Indigenous communities 'expecting more' from Pope's visit, says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon

WARNING: This story contains distressing details.Indigenous communities are "expecting more" from Pope Francis when he visits Canada in…

Day school survivors worry they will be left out of Pope's expected apology for residential schools

WARNING: This story contains distressing details.Margaret Swan's voice becomes strained as she shares her experience at the Indian…

'A dramatic shift': Residential school survivor, Indigenous leader respond to Pope's use of word genocide

WARNING: This story contains distressing detailsIt's about time. That was the response from a residential school survivor in Winnipeg…

Pope Francis expected to deliver historic apology for residential school abuses

Thousands of Indigenous people are expected to converge Monday on the small Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to…

'I've waited 50 years for this apology,' says residential school survivor on Pope's statement

WARNING: This story contains distressing details.For Evelyn Korkmaz, a residential school survivor from Fort Albany First Nation on the west…

Pope Francis will hold mass in Edmonton, attend pilgrimage at Lac Ste. Anne

WARNING: This story contains distressing details.Following an historic apology to Indigenous peoples for the legacy of residential schools,…

Indigenous leaders hope Vatican's repudiation of oppressive colonial concepts leads to real change

The Vatican's formal repudiation of colonial-era concepts that legitimized the seizure of Indigenous lands marked a symbolic step…

The Pope's apology was a start. Now the real work begins, some Catholics and Indigenous leaders say

Father Michael Kwiatkowski wiped tears from his eyes as he watched Pope Francis apologize to Indigenous residential school survivors…

Canadian researcher challenges Vatican's claim that its Indigenous artifacts were gifts