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US Catholic bishops launch new outreach to Native Americans, apologize for boarding school ‘traumas’

Headline from Madison

Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

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Reports & sources

33 articles, oldest first.

  1. WHEC Rochester

    Ruing past boarding-school abuses, US Catholic bishops consider new outreach to Native Americans (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    U.S. Catholic Bishops convening for a two-day meeting are considering a new, multifaceted program of outreach to Native American Catholics. The effort is motivated in part by a desire to make amends for the widespread abuses inflicted on Native youths at scores of Catholic-run boarding schools in th…

  2. Madison

    US Catholic bishops launch new outreach to Native Americans, apologize for boarding school ‘traumas’ (opens Madison)

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    Madison's feed description

    Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

  3. Portland Press Herald

    U.S. Catholic bishops approve outreach to Native Americans, acknowledge boarding school traumas (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    New guidelines outlining outreach to Native American Catholics was completed as details emerge of decades of widespread abuses inflicted on Native children at Catholic boarding schools.

  4. Washington Times

    Ruing past boarding-school abuses, U.S. Catholic bishops approve new outreach to Native Americans (opens Washington Times)

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    U.S. bishops on Friday approved new guidelines for ministering to Indigenous Catholics, a long in-the-works effort to reinvigorate the ministry and assure those communities that they don't need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one.

  5. Waco Tribune-Herald

    US Catholic bishops approve outreach to Native Americans and acknowledge boarding school (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    Waco Tribune-Herald's feed description

    U.S. Catholic Bishops convening for a two-day meeting approved a new, multifaceted program of outreach to Native American Catholics. The effort is motivated in part by a desire to make

  6. Anchorage Daily News

    US Catholic bishops approve new outreach to Native Americans, offer regrets for boarding school abuses (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The long in-the-works effort is intended to reinvigorate the ministry and assure Indigenous communities that they don’t need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one.

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