Indigenous Delegation To Rome

• Indigenous delegates hope to inspire as world watches Canada’s reconciliation story unfold

  Progress made by First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples in Rome has already caught the attention of Native American boarding school survivors in the United States.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2022
  
• Indigenous people made history in Rome. Here’s how some want that history recorded

  Indigenous peoples made history in Rome last week. Global News asked a handful of them how they would like the delegation to be written about for years to come.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2022
  
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• ‘A road to healing’: Pope’s apology lauded by Manitoba Indigenous leaders

  'We think this is a wonderful start to this process of engagement with the Catholic Church,' said Phil Fontaine of the Pope's apology to Indigenous Peoples Friday in Vatican City.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2022
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• ‘Now I’m able to forgive’: Alberta residential school survivors speak out on Pope apology

  Alberta survivors of residential schools are speaking out after Pope Francis delivered an official apology on behalf of the Catholic church.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2022
• Pope Francis apologizes for residential schools at Vatican: ‘I ask for God’s forgiveness’

  'For the deplorable conduct of these members of the Catholic Church — I ask for God's forgiveness and I want to say to you with all my heart, I am very sorry,' Pope Francis said.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2022
• ‘What drove me is the children’: Longest-serving chief in Canada presses Pope for justice

  'It’s a beautiful day to honour our survivors, to honour our children and the unmarked graves,' said Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier of Okanese First Nation.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2022
• Something is different about this trip to the Vatican. Phil Fontaine says it’s ‘hope’

  “Significant changes will emerge as part of this, and those changes will include this story, but it won’t be the only story. It can’t be the only story.”

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2022
• ‘Career top five’: Meet the Métis delegate whose beadwork was gifted to the Pope

  The moccasins made for Pope Francis are steeped in meaning. The flowers are beaded in the colours of the Vatican and surrounded by the red, white and blue of Métis flags.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2022
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• ‘In a daze’: Métis delegates fired up for papal meeting as flight lands in Rome

  Métis Elder Angie Crerar said she's "got news" for the Pope as she arrived at the Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome on Sunday.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2022
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• ‘Let’s think big’: Historic Indigenous delegation arrives in Rome to meet Pope Francis

  The world will be watching as 32 First Nations, Inuit and Métis representatives touch down in Rome for a week of private meetings with Pope Francis.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2022