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Indigenous peoples react to the pope's apology for Canada's residential schools

4:41pm July 29, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stephanie Scott, executive director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, about the pope's apology to Indigenous peoples for Canada's residential schools.

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Wisconsin's Sikh community a decade after fatal temple shooting

5:14pm July 28, 2022

by Rob Mentzer

In 2012, seven members of a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., were killed by an avowed white supremacist. As the community prepares for the anniversary, members describe how they've moved forward.

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A woman prays after offering a bouquet of flowers at the memorial area set up for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Shinzo Abe's assassination spotlights Unification Church links to Japan's politics

12:11pm July 28, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

The assassination, allegedly motivated by a grudge Abe's suspected killer held against the Unification Church, has put the relationship between Japan and the church under a new spotlight.

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How was the pope's 'pilgrimage of penance' received by Indigenous people in Canada?

7:25am July 26, 2022

by Emma Jacobs

In a moving ceremony on Monday, Pope Francis begged for the forgiveness of the Indigenous survivors of the abuse by residential schools that were run by the Catholic Church for more than a century.

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Pope Francis delivers remarks as he meets Indigenous communities — including First Nations, Metis and Inuit — at Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Catholic Church in Maskwacis, near Edmonton, Canada, on Monday.

The pope's apology in Canada was historic, but for some Indigenous people, not enough

7:10pm July 25, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Francis issued the apology years after a Canadian-government-funded report said children had been physically and sexually abused at the mostly Catholic-run schools in the country.

Pope Francis traveled to Canada to apologize to residential school survivors

5:19pm July 25, 2022

by Emma Jacobs

For many of the Indigenous peoples of Canada, Monday is a day of mixed emotions as the Pope finally makes his apology for the role the Catholic church played in the notorious residential schools.

Pope Francis meets the Canadian Indigenous people as he arrives at Edmonton's International airport, Canada, on Sunday.

Pope Francis issues an historic apology for 'devastating' school abuses in Canada

2:13pm July 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Pope Francis issued a long-awaited apology and took responsibility for the church's cooperation in generations of abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada.

A high-profile pastor was robbed during a live-streamed service in NYC

12:10pm July 25, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Describing the moment gunmen disrupted his Sunday service, Bishop Lamor Whitehead said, "I didn't know if they wanted to shoot the church up, or if they were just coming for a robbery."

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Pope Francis arrives in Canada as Indigenous groups seek a full apology

7:43am July 25, 2022

by Emma Jacobs

The pope is on what he's calling his pilgrimage of penance — apologizing to Indigenous groups for years of abuse that many suffered at government and Catholic-run residential and day schools.

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Pope Francis arrives at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International airport on Sunday to board his flight to Edmonton, Canada, where he will start a six-day pastoral visit to the country.

The pope arrives in Canada as Indigenous groups seek a full apology

8:37pm July 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

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.