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Reactions to Pope's historic apology to Canada's indigenous people

Pope Francis on Monday made good on a promise to apologize to Canada's native people on their home land for the Church's role in schools where indigenous children were abused, branding forced cultural assimilation "evil" and a "disastrous error".

Reuters

Controlling monkeypox: The time for Canada to act is now

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It’s likely that until about two months ago, many Canadians had not even heard of this disease.

The Conversation

Pope apologizes for 'deplorable evil' of Canadian indigenous schools

Pope Francis apologized on Monday to Canada's native people on their land for the Church's role in schools where indigenous children were abused, calling their forced cultural assimilation a "deplorable evil" and "disastrous error."

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Pope apologises for ‘evil’ of Canada’s residential schools

On Canada visit, Pope Francis asks Indigenous people for forgiveness for church members’ role in ‘catastrophic’ system.

Al Jazeera

Pope Francis ‘begs forgiveness’ over abuse at church schools in Canada

Pontiff apologises on visit to country over ‘catastrophic’ historical mistreatment of Indigenous children

The Guardian - US

Pope Francis arrives in Canada to apologise to indigenous communities for abuse at former residential schools

Roughly 150,000 indigenous children forced into residential school system in Canada

The Independent UK

Canada police report multiple shootings; suspect in custody

Canadian police have reported multiple shootings of homeless people in a Vancouver suburb and said a suspect is in custody

The Independent UK

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Several dead in Canadian mass shooting, CBC reports

Several people were killed in a mass shooting early on Monday in the Canadian province of British Columbia, local media reported.

Reuters

Pope Francis issues an historic apology for 'devastating' school abuses in Canada

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.

WEKU

Kremlin: Nord Stream 1 Turbine to be Installed, Volumes will Adjust

A repaired gas turbine will be installed in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany once it is returned after maintenance, and natural gas will then be supplied in “corresponding volumes”, a Kremlin spokesman said on Monday. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stopped short of saying supply would increase, noting…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France's Kevin Mayer Wins Second World Decathlon Gold

France's Kevin Mayer won his second world decathlon gold on Sunday, benefiting from the withdrawal through injury of Olympic champion Damian Warner. Mayer accrued 8,816 points after 10 disciplines over two days to follow up on previous world gold in 2017 in London, The Associated Press said. Canada's Pierce Lepage…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello accidentally tackled by security after fan rushes on stage

The band were performing at the Scotiabank Arena as part of their Public Service Announcement North American tour

The Independent UK

Pope set to make historic apology for Indigenous school abuse in Canada

Thousands of Indigenous persons are expected to converge Monday on the small Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear a long-awaited apology from Pope Francis for generations of abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada.

France 24

Pope on 'Penitential' Visit to Canada Indigenous School Survivors

Pope Francis will visit a former residential school in Canada on Monday, where he is expected to make a historic personal apology to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over decades at the Catholic-run institutions. The leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics arrived the previous day in Edmonton for a…

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The Independent UK

Pope set for historic apology for school abuses in Canada

A day after arriving in Canada, Pope Francis is scheduled to go to the small Alberta prairie town of Maskwacis to deliver a historic apology

Reuters

Canadian recently died in Ukraine, Canada government says

Canada said on Sunday a Canadian citizen died recently in Ukraine, with a media report suggesting the deceased Canadian was with two U.S. citizens who died in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Church apologies: Top leaders say sorry for historical sins

Pope Francis plans to apologize to Indigenous groups on Canadian soil for harms inflicted at church-run residential schools

The Conversation

Canada's child-care investment needs to advance climate change policy goals

On Oct. 8 last year, the United Nations Human Rights Council recognized that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.

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Finding their song: Reviving the declining western chorus frog population is now critical

In November 2021, Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault declared an emergency order that put an immediate halt on a residential development in Longueuil, Que., to protect the critical habitat of one of Canada’s threatened amphibian species — the western chorus frog.

The Conversation

The Vatican and Western Canadian missions: A brief history

Pope Francis’s historic visit to Canada and his much-anticipated apology for the Catholic Church’s role in abuses Indigenous people suffered at residential schools raises the question of the overall relationship between the Vatican and Indigenous Peoples.

Al Jazeera

‘I forgive you’: Indigenous school survivor awaits pope’s apology

As Pope Francis visits Canada, a survivor of the Ermineskin residential school hopes to hear an apology – in person.

WEKU

The pope arrives in Canada as Indigenous groups seek a full apology

Pope Francis began a visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses at residential schools, part of the the Catholic Church's efforts to reconcile with Native communities.

Reuters

Pope Francis leaves Rome for Canada apology tour

Pope Francis left Rome on Sunday for a trip to Canada to apologise for the role of the Roman Catholic Church in residential schools where many indigenous children were abused.

The Independent UK

Pope heads to Canada as Indigenous groups seek full apology

Pope Francis has begun a fraught visit to Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools

Reuters

Pope arrives in Canada on tour of 'penance' for indigenous abuse

Pope Francis landed in Canada on Sunday to kick off a week-long trip that will center around his apology on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for the abuse that indigenous children endured at mostly church-run residential schools.

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