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“The overall goal of this campaign is to support Residential School survivors and their communities, and to engage more deeply in our own ongoing commitment and response to the Truth and Reconciliation process. We have heard the strong request, from Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in various quarters, to initiate a new fundraising campaign to support survivors and engage more deeply in our own ongoing commitment and response to the Truth and Reconciliation process,” the bishops said i...

Winnipeg Free Press Were not getting it right Outspoken Flin Flon priest implores Catholic Church, clerics to apologize for residential school abuse, listen until it hurts By: John Longhurst | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2021 Save to Read Later When Father Paul Bringleson of St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church in Flin Flon preached his Sunday morning homily on June 6, he was not expecting to become the focus of international atte...

Archbishop Murray Chatlain of Keewatin-Le Pas (map) offered “my deep apology and profound condolences to all the families and communities affected” by the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

In a statement on the official verified Twitter account of Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church voiced sympathy for people affected by residential schools, but stopped short of offering an apology for the church’s role in the system and refrained from making commitments to help people affected. “I join the Canadian bishops and the whole Catholic Church in Canada in expressing my closeness to the Canadian people, who have been traumatised by shocking [sic] discovery of the r...

Portrait of St. Kateri survives devastating church fire on Easter Sunday Portrait of St. Kateri survives devastating church fire on Easter Sunday By  Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register April 16, 2021 Amidst the rubble left by the fire that consumed St. Theresa Point Catholic Church on Easter Sunday laid a picture of St. Kateri Tekakwitha almost completely intact. Her image on canvas somehow survived the blaze that melted the metal frame, charred the edges of the natu...

Canadian bishops prepare response to Bill C-15 February 25, 2021 Canada’s bishops are continuing to study federal legislation that provides legal protections for Indigenous communities in the form of internationally recognized rights. Bill C-15, which would incorporate the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) into Canadian law, passed second reading Feb. 17. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), which has urged the government to pass UNDRIP ...

Winnipeg Free Press Archbishops pen letter to health officials JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Archbishop Richard Gagnon of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg: “I think the province sees the value of the churches and that they are part of the solution, not the problem." Manitoba’s five Catholic archbishops are asking provincial health officials to consult with faith leaders before implementing protocols that guide religious gatherings. Manitoba’s five Catholic archbishops a...