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Pope Francis has issued a public apology for the role that the Catholic Church played in Canada's residential school system during his visit to the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School in Maskwacis, Alta.
Pope Francis has issued a public apology for the role that the Catholic Church played in Canada's residential school system during his visit to the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School in Maskwacis, Alta.
MASKWACIS, Alberta (CNS) -- The first step of Pope Francis' 'penitential pilgrimage' to Canada involved him returning two pairs of children's moccasins. The little shoes were not among the Indigenous artifacts held in the Vatican Museums, but rather reminders that Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier of the Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan had left with Pope Francis in March so he would think and pray about the children who went to residential schools and, especially, about those who never
The Aamjiwnaang First Nation Powwow opened Saturday at Bear Park, marking the event’s return after being postponed during the pandemic.
Colorado Highway 74 is closed near Lair o’ the Bear Park between Kittredge and Idledale after a deadly rollover crash that happened Thursday morning.