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Pope’s Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy

Headline from WTOP Washington DC, on the newest of 2 developments

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy…

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  1. Pope Francis' visit to Canada: The complicated relationship between Indigenous communities and the church

    Headline from The Conversation US ·

  2. Newest

    Pope’s Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy

    Headline from WTOP Washington DC ·

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  1. Al Jazeera

    Pope: Canada trip ‘pilgrimage of penance’ for Indigenous abuses (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Pope Francis says he hopes upcoming trip will help communities affected by abusive residential schools to heal.

  2. America Magazine

    Why Pope Francis will visit Canada to apologize to Indigenous Peoples (opens America Magazine)

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    America Magazine's feed description

    On July 24–29, 2022, Pope Francis will make a historic visit to Canada, where he will meet with many Indigenous Peoples across the country and issue an in-person apology for the Catholic Church's involvement in the residential school system, which for nearly 200 years waged a cultural war on Canada'…

  3. The Conversation US

    Pope Francis' visit to Canada: The complicated relationship between Indigenous communities and the church (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    It is reasonable to expect that any apology from the Pope will be met with mixed responses.

  4. France 24

    Hope and unease among Indigenous people ahead of pope Canada visit (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Pope Francis's upcoming visit to Canada, where he is expected to apologize to Indigenous peoples for more than a century of abuses at state schools run by the Church, has provoked hope but also wariness.

  5. France 24

    Pope to visit Canada on 'penitential pilgrimage' (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Pope Francis departs Sunday for a historic six-day visit to Canada where he is expected to ask forgiveness of Indigenous survivors of abuse committed at residential schools run by the Catholic Church.…

  6. The Guardian

    Pope Francis to visit Canada in ‘pilgrimage of penance’ over church-run schools (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Pope will meet Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors, thousands of whom were taken from families

  7. Al Jazeera

    Pope visits Canada to mend fences with Indigenous communities (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Pope Francis has apologised to Indigenous delegates and survivors of the Catholic schools where abuse was widespread.

  8. WTOP Washington DC

    Pope’s Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy…

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Pope's Canada trip overshadowed by Indigenous suffering, church abuse | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Pope Francis' 38th trip abroad takes him to Canada. He wants to "meet and embrace" Indigenous people and draw attention to their suffering, to which the Catholic Church contributed. But will he also take responsibility?

  10. Voice of America

    Indigenous Canadians Wary, Hopeful as Pope Prepares Apology (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Pope Francis is set to deliver historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run residential schools.

  11. Fox News

    Pope Francis travels to Canada to apologize for Catholic-run schools' indigenous abuse (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Pope Francis is traveling to Canada on Sunday as part of what he calls a “pilgrimage of penance,” and will apologize for the alleged Catholic abuse of indigenous children.

  12. Tucson

    Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups (opens Tucson)

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    Tucson's feed description

    Pope Francis has landed in Canada, beginning a fraught visit to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools. The trip is a key step in the

  13. KING 5 Seattle

    Pope heads to Canada as Indigenous groups seek apology: 'It is a beginning' (opens KING 5 Seattle)

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    KING 5 Seattle's feed description

    Indigenous groups are pressing for access to church archives to learn the fate of children who never returned home from residential schools.

  14. Delaware Public Media

    Pope heads to Canada as Indigenous groups seek full apology (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    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.

  15. NBC 6 South Florida

    Pope Lands in Canada to Apologize to Indigenous Community (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Pope Francis has landed in Canada, beginning a fraught visit to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools.

  16. CBS News

    Pope Francis heads to Canada as Indigenous groups seek full apology for school abuse (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

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

  17. KVIA El Paso

    Pope Francis visiting Canada to apologize for Indigenous abuse in Catholic residential schools (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Rob Picheta, Livia Borghese and Cecilia Armstrong, CNN Pope Francis departed Rome on Sunday for a week-long trip to Edmonton, Canada, where he’s set to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse of Canadian Indigenous children in residential schools.

  18. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    Pope lands in Canada to apologize to Indigenous groups (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    Richmond Times-Dispatch's feed description

    The trip is a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Indigenous communities and help them heal from generations of trauma.

  19. Weareiowa

    Pope lands in Canada as Indigenous groups seek apology: 'It is a beginning' (opens Weareiowa)

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    Weareiowa's feed description

    The trip is a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Indigenous communities and help them heal from generations of trauma.

  20. France 24

    Pope Francis arrives in Canada to apologise for Indigenous school abuse (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Pope Francis landed in Canada on Sunday to kick off a five-day trip that will center around his apology on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for the abuse that indigenous children endured at mostly…

  21. Digital Journal

    Pope arrives in Canada on tour of 'penance' for indigenous abuse (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Pope Francis arrived in Canada on Sunday on a "penitential" trip aimed at reconciliation.

  22. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Forgive church ‘evil,’ pope to ask in Canada (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical change of the Catholic Church's missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pope from the Americas and discovery of hundreds of probable graves at the school sites.

  23. Deutsche Welle

    Pope to apologize to Canada's indigenous groups | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Pope Francis is due to make a long-awaited apology to members of Canada's indigenous groups. The First Nations community has demanded the Catholic Church fess up to its role in the abuse of children at school facilities it was contracted to run.

  24. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Pope Lands in Canada to Apologize for Missionaries' Abuse of Indigenous Groups in Catholic Residential Schools (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    Pope Francis has landed in Canada, beginning a fraught visit to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools.

  25. Voice of America

    Pope Arrives in Canada to Make Amends for Indigenous School Abuse (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Francis is expected to personally apologize to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church

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