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- In 1991, the Oblates offered an apology for their role in residential schooling and “for the part we played in the cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious imperialism” that characterizes the way governments and churches treat Indigenous people.
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Jun 9, 2021 · The Catholic Church administrated many of Canada's residential schools, yet despite ongoing calls from Indigenous leaders, there has been no papal apology on Canadian soil.
- Residential schools: A timeline of apologies | CTV News
Various members of the Canadian Conference of Catholic...
- Residential schools: A timeline of apologies | CTV News
Dec 9, 2021 · Various members of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) have individually apologized for their association with residential schools since 1991, including the trauma inflicted upon...
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Jul 25, 2022 · In Maskwacis, Alta., on Monday, Pope Francis apologized for members of the Catholic Church who co-operated with Canada's "devastating" policy of Indigenous residential schools. Read his...
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Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin(1829-1902) was a major architect of the residential school system. It was his belief that maintaining Indigenous cultural practices would lead to the self-extinction of Indigenous people. Modeled in part on reformatory prisons in France, the residential schools intended to alienate Indigenous children from their language...
The T.R.C.’s historical narrative found that dangerous conditions at the schools were exacerbated by chronic underfunding and a refusal on the part of the Canadian government to provide resources, leading to preventable deaths due to dilapidated living quarters, illness and malnutrition. In about half of the cases where the cause of death could be ...
Catholics in Canada have struggled to come to terms with such a violent history, and many are publicly leaving the church because of its participation in the residential schools and an unwillingness on the part of the hierarchy to apologize as a body. Catholic bishops in Canada apologized on Sept. 23“unequivocally” to Indigenous peoples for the suf...
Apr 3, 2022 · The Pope's initial residential school apology comes too late for Yakeula's mom and many other survivors — six years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called for a papal apology.
Jul 25, 2022 · Speaking quietly in his native Spanish, Pope Francis, the 266th Bishop of Rome, apologized for his church’s role in Canada’s network of residential schools, a system that saw thousands of...
Jul 25, 2022 · Pope Francis issued a long-awaited apology and took responsibility for the church's cooperation in generations of abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada.
