Pope Visit
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Pope Francis’s tour came with a minimum $55M price tag for OttawaDocuments show the federal government spent a minimum of $55,972,683 for the leader of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Canada over six days last July.CanadaMar 23, 2023
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Looking back with retired Okanese First Nation Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-PelletierMarie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier was the Saskatchewan representative for residential school survivors last year. Global News had a chance to sit down and catch up with her.CanadaJan 2, 2023
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Pope Francis meets Inuit residential school survivors as ‘pilgrimage of penance’ ends in IqaluitThe brief stop in Nunavut's capital marked the first time a pope has travelled to the territory. Francis met privately with Inuit residential school survivors and their families.CanadaJul 30, 2022
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Canada’s bishops working to get Catholic Church statement on Doctrine of DiscoveryThe pontiff did not directly mention the Doctrine of Discovery when he delivered his apology to residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alta., on Monday.CanadaJul 27, 2022
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Saskatchewan survivors react to Pope Francis’ apology for residential schoolsMixed emotions from Saskatchewan survivors following the apology from Pope Francis on the harms and traumas inflicted on Indigenous kids in residential schools.CanadaJul 25, 2022
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Viewing areas will be available for B.C. residential school survivors during Papal visitThe gym at Vancouver's Britannia Community Centre will be the venue in the Lower Mainland.CanadaJul 24, 2022
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Saskatchewan communities prepping events for residential school survivors following Pope apologyCommunities across Saskatchewan are prepping for the day of the Pope's apology with events for residential school survivors and family members.CanadaJul 22, 2022
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Residential school survivor on meeting Pope: ‘I’m going to say what happened to us’Peter Irniq, along with many other Inuit, believe the Catholic Church could do more to make priests who abused children in Inuit communities face justice.CanadaJul 22, 2022
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Quebec Indigenous leaders concerned elders’ needs not considered for papal visitAs final preparations are made for Pope Francis' visit to Quebec in a few days, there is concern that some residential school survivors, who're now elders, will be left out.CanadaJul 21, 2022
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Groups prepare to travel to Edmonton to hear from the PopePeople are making preparations to head to Edmonton to see the Pope over the next week, including a number of excited Indigenous Christians from Canada's Northwest Territories.CanadaJul 20, 2022
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