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The complicated relationship between Mi’kmaq and the Catholic church – National Observer
August 22nd 2022 Apiksituaqn. The Mi’kmaw word for forgiveness. Reconciliation. As I walk off the dock on Mniku, also called Chapel Island, a group of Mi’kmaw kids run by, laughing. The afternoon sun beats down and the breeze off the Bras d’Or Lake is welcome. The Saint Anne’s pilgrimage to this small island in the […]
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Innu Mount Cashel survivor calls for apology to Indigenous people during Pope’s visit to Canada – CBC
Hundreds of Labrador Innu are going to Quebec, attending Pope’s mass Jul 22, 2022 When Pope Francis conducts a holy mass at the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré on Thursday, an Innu man hopes he’ll do more than lead the congregation. Penote Antuan says he wants to see the Pope apologize for the harm Catholics have done […]
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Mi’kmaw community still processing Pope’s apology, says elder who travelled to Vatican – CBC
Apr 13, 2022 ‘I felt like crying the whole time, but I had to be strong,’ says Phyllis Googoo This story is part of a series from CBC’s Eskasoni Community Bureau, based out of the Sarah Denny Cultural Centre. This series comes from weeks of conversations with community members about what they feel is important to […]
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Eel River Bar First Nation delegate to travel to Vatican City to meet Pope Francis – CBC
Mar 18, 2022 Rosalie LaBillois will travel with 29 Elders, knowledge keepers, residential school survivors A New Brunswick First Nation woman will be part of a historic meeting set to take place between a 30-person Indigenous delegation and Pope Francis in Vatican City. Rosalie LaBillois, of Eel River Bar First Nation, will travel with Elders, knowledge […]
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Mi’kmaw Elder heading to Vatican, hopes for an apology from the Pope – APTN News
Mar 03, 2022 For weeks Mi’kmaw Elder Phyllis Googoo has been preparing her speech. As one of 13 delegates that will travel to the Vatican, and have a private meeting with Pope Francis, Googoo says she’ll talk about the impacts of residential schools. “I saw so much in residential school, that it haunts me you […]
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Canadian Bishops, Assembly of First Nations, Métis National Council, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Provide an Update on Delegation to Rome
Canadian Bishops, Assembly of First Nations, Métis National Council, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Provide an Update on Delegation to Rome December 7, 2021 – After careful assessment of the uncertainty and potential health risks surrounding international travel amid the recent spread of the Omicron variant, the Canadian Bishops, Assembly of First Nations, Métis National Council, […]
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No apology from Pope ‘a setback’ to P.E.I.’s Indigenous people, chief says – CBC
‘One would think that a leader leads by example and does what is right’ Apr 09, 2018 The leader of the Abegweit First Nation Chief Brian Francis says he was “shocked, dismayed and hurt” that the Pope has refused to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools. Chief Francis is a Catholic, and […]
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Beloved Edmonton priest told, once again, it’s time to move on – CBC
But Sacred Heart church congregation vows another fight to keep Father Jim Holland May 24, 2017 Two years after Father Jim Holland’s parishioners won the battle to keep him at Sacred Heart church, they’re planning to start another fight after learning he’s being moved on. Holland has been informed by Catholic church leaders that he’s […]
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Suggestions on residential school burial sites and Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls – CCCB
May 10, 2017 The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), in consultation with the Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council and Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, is proposing that Catholic dioceses/eparchies, parishes, missions and organizations offer assistance on two key issues which are of special importance to Indigenous People and of concern for all Canadians: 1. Identifying, […]
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Halifax church changing name due to namesake’s treatment of Indigenous people – CBC
Halifax founder Edward Cornwallis ‘oppressor of our First Nations brothers and sisters,’ pastor says Mar 20, 2017 The Cornwallis Street Baptist Church will change its name because Halifax founder Edward Cornwallis was an “oppressor of our First Nations brothers and sisters,” pastor Rhonda Britton says. “We don’t know what the name of the church is […]
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