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From India To Canada's Far North: New Archbishop Serves Indigenous Catholics
As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood.
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"It Was Genocide": Pope On Abuse At Canada's Church-Run Indigenous Schools
Pope Francis said on Saturday that what happened at residential schools that the Roman Catholic and other Christian Churches ran to forcefully assimilate Canada's indigenous children was genocide.
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"I Once More Ask Forgiveness": Pope Francis On Sexual Abuse At Canadian Schools
Pope Francis on Thursday asked for forgiveness for sexual abuse at Canadian schools for indigenous children run by Catholic orders, addressing a deep wound that many survivors wanted him to acknowledge during his apology tour in Canada.
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Canadian Leaders Tell Pope Of Horrors Of Church-Run Indigenous Scools
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.
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Pope's Canada Trip Today To Apologise To Indigenous Survivors Of School Abuse
Pope Francis heads to Canada on Sunday for a chance to personally apologise to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church.
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Justin Trudeau Seeks Pope's Apology On Canadian Soil Over School Graves
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has asked the pope to come to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church's role running residential schools for indigenous children.
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Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found At Now-Defunct Boarding School In Canada
An indigenous group in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Thursday said it had found the unmarked graves of an estimated 751 people at a now-defunct Catholic residential school, just weeks after a similar, smaller discovery rocked the country.
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More Than 750 Unmarked Graves Found Near Indigenous School In Canada
More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, a tribal leader said Thursday, the second such shock discovery in a month.
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Canada Finds Hundreds Of Graves At Former Indigenous School: Report
Hundreds of unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic residential school for indigenous children in western Canada, local media reported late Wednesday.
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"We're All Pained": Canada Indigenous Leaders Dismiss Pope Francis' Remarks
Indigenous leaders and school survivors on Sunday dismissed Pope Francis' expressions of pain at the discovery of 215 children's remains at a former Catholic residential school in Canada, saying the church needed to do much more.
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Trudeau Invites Pope To Canada For Church Apology
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday urged Pope Francis to visit Canada to apologise to indigenous peoples for the Catholic Church's treatment of aboriginal children in schools it ran there.
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Pope Francis Courts Indigenous Mexicans As Catholic Fervour Fades
Pope Francis embraced the people of Mexico's poor indigenous south on Monday, denouncing their "systemic" exclusion from society and encouraging the use of native languages in Catholic worship in a bid to stem a tide of Protestant conversions.
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South America's Guarani Indians 'Invented Football'
A film named 'The Guarani Invented Football' retraces Catholic missionaries' 17th-century descriptions of an indigenous game played with a rubbery inflatable ball that players had to control with their feet.
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From India To Canada's Far North: New Archbishop Serves Indigenous Catholics
As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood.
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"It Was Genocide": Pope On Abuse At Canada's Church-Run Indigenous Schools
Pope Francis said on Saturday that what happened at residential schools that the Roman Catholic and other Christian Churches ran to forcefully assimilate Canada's indigenous children was genocide.
-
"I Once More Ask Forgiveness": Pope Francis On Sexual Abuse At Canadian Schools
Pope Francis on Thursday asked for forgiveness for sexual abuse at Canadian schools for indigenous children run by Catholic orders, addressing a deep wound that many survivors wanted him to acknowledge during his apology tour in Canada.
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Canadian Leaders Tell Pope Of Horrors Of Church-Run Indigenous Scools
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.
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Pope's Canada Trip Today To Apologise To Indigenous Survivors Of School Abuse
Pope Francis heads to Canada on Sunday for a chance to personally apologise to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church.
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Justin Trudeau Seeks Pope's Apology On Canadian Soil Over School Graves
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has asked the pope to come to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church's role running residential schools for indigenous children.
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Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found At Now-Defunct Boarding School In Canada
An indigenous group in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Thursday said it had found the unmarked graves of an estimated 751 people at a now-defunct Catholic residential school, just weeks after a similar, smaller discovery rocked the country.
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More Than 750 Unmarked Graves Found Near Indigenous School In Canada
More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, a tribal leader said Thursday, the second such shock discovery in a month.
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Canada Finds Hundreds Of Graves At Former Indigenous School: Report
Hundreds of unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic residential school for indigenous children in western Canada, local media reported late Wednesday.
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"We're All Pained": Canada Indigenous Leaders Dismiss Pope Francis' Remarks
Indigenous leaders and school survivors on Sunday dismissed Pope Francis' expressions of pain at the discovery of 215 children's remains at a former Catholic residential school in Canada, saying the church needed to do much more.
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Trudeau Invites Pope To Canada For Church Apology
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday urged Pope Francis to visit Canada to apologise to indigenous peoples for the Catholic Church's treatment of aboriginal children in schools it ran there.
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Pope Francis Courts Indigenous Mexicans As Catholic Fervour Fades
Pope Francis embraced the people of Mexico's poor indigenous south on Monday, denouncing their "systemic" exclusion from society and encouraging the use of native languages in Catholic worship in a bid to stem a tide of Protestant conversions.
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South America's Guarani Indians 'Invented Football'
A film named 'The Guarani Invented Football' retraces Catholic missionaries' 17th-century descriptions of an indigenous game played with a rubbery inflatable ball that players had to control with their feet.
