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‘Our people needed us’: Reflections from First Nations youth as Pope’s tour wraps up"We're here to give them the medicine and strength they'll need to get through today," said Abigail Brooks of Sitansisk Wolastoqiyik in New Brunswick.CanadaJul 29
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Indigenous leader says Pope Francis visit leaves room for reconciliation and changeThe chief of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation felt Pope Francis acted as a true leader, but thinks the rest of the papal team fell short — especially during planning for the visit.CanadaJul 27
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Singer says impromptu song at Maskwacis papal apology being mistaken for ‘O Canada’An anguished rendering of a song that sounds similar to Canada's national anthem was sung by SiPihKo at the papal apology in Maskwacis.CanadaJul 27
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Pope Francis receiving a headdress elicits heated emotions amongst First Nations communitiesPope Francis was gifted a headdress after he apologized for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. It's a gesture steeped in symbolism, but not everyone agrees with it.CanadaJul 26
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Two Maskwacis men charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assaultThe two men will appear in Wetaskiwin provincial court today after being charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault.CrimeJul 26
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‘My mom’s dream’: An intergenerational survivor on why she and her daughter needed to see the PopeLike many others attending the “penitential pilgrimage” on Monday, Sherry Mitchell’s focus was not on herself or the Pope, but on her mother and her 12-year-old daughter, Bella.CanadaJul 25
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Full text of the Pope Francis’ residential school apology: ‘I am deeply sorry’Pope Francis delivered an apology to Indigenous residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alta., after a visit to the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School.CanadaJul 25
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Pope Francis ‘deeply sorry,’ asks for forgiveness for residential schools during Alberta visitPope Francis says he is sorry for the Roman Catholic Church's role in cultural destruction and forced assimilation of Indigenous people, which culminated in residential schools.CanadaJul 25
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‘It’s not for me’: Papal visit brings no comfort to some residential school survivorsPerry Omeasoo hopes that the Pope's visit and his planned apology on Indigenous lands come as a comfort to some, but he says the papal visit will bring no solace to him.CanadaJul 24
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Maskwacis to ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters during Pope visit: ‘Your agendas do not have a place’'The attempts from the Freedom Convoy demonstration to try to take over First Nations initiatives distracts from these important events.'CanadaJul 23
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