Pope In Canada

• The Pope’s tour is over. Here’s what some Indigenous Peoples want Canadians to take away

  The reconciliation tour is over. Global News asked Indigenous witnesses and their allies what they want non-Indigenous people in Canada to take away from Pope Francis' penitence.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2022
  
• New Brunswick residential school survivors on ‘giving back all that pain’ to Pope Francis

  Survivors of the Shubenacadie residential school said they were "kidnapped" and imprisoned at the institution together, and attended the papal tour together "as family."

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2022
  
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• First Nations witnesses reflect on faith and spirituality during Pope’s visit

  "Religion? I don’t trust that anymore. I want to hear from some other guys like me," said Quebec residential school survivor Norman Kistabish on the Plains of Abraham.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2022
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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.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2022
• Canada’s crisis line callers double after Pope’s residential school apology

  Indigenous Services Canada said the federal government's 24-hour crisis support line has received double the number of callers it usually gets since the Pope arrived this week.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2022
• ‘I downplayed it all’: Métis man shares journey to self-love after residential school

  "I couldn't own that I'm a survivor because I don't look native at first glance," said Gary Têtu, who travelled to Alberta to see Pope Francis during the pontiff's visit to Canada.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2022
• ‘Dance with the universe:’ Indigenous languages, reconciliation and the papal tour

  “We have a perpetual dance with the universe,” said Tom McCallum, translating the Cree word for "prayer" in an interview after Pope Francis arrived in Edmonton.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2022
• ‘Healing is more important than anger’: Manitoba survivor comments on papal apology

  A Manitoba day school survivor says he believes Monday's apology from Pope Francis to Canada's Indigenous people came from the heart.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2022
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• After apology in Alberta, First Nations want Pope to say sorry on Quebec soil

  Most federally funded residential schools in Quebec opened in the 1950s, and the last one in shuttered in 1991. Expectations for the pope's visit vary from nation to nation.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2022
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• Pope Francis holds open-air public mass at Edmonton football stadium

  Pope Francis spoke about the importance of grandparents and the elderly as thousands gathered for a public mass at Edmonton's football stadium Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2022