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Benedict XVI wanted to be a bridge within the Catholic Church. Instead, he was a wedge
Michael Higgins
alberta
Week off helps local schools as respiratory illnesses rise across Alberta
Signs of Covid preparedness at the Calgary French and International School, Monday, Sept. 14, 2010. The Covid-19 pandemic has affected interest in private schools. Photo for the Globe and Mail / Dave Chidley Photo by/Dave Chidley
opinion
The Pope’s visit, and the long struggle for Indigenous rights
The Editorial Board
canada
Canada’s bishops want Catholic Church to issue new statement on Doctrine of Discovery
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller speaks in Ottawa on May 16, 2022. Miller says the "gaps" in Pope Francis's apology to residential school survivors cannot be ignored. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Watch Pope Francis's full speech apologizing for residential school abuses
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canada
Catholic dioceses failed in the past to raise money promised to residential school survivors. Will they now?
A rock with the message "Every Child Matters" painted on it sits at a memorial outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Thursday, July 15, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Residential school survivors tell bishops their expectations of the Pope’s visit
Ted Quewezance announces the discovery of 54 unmarked graves at the Keeseekoose School Gymnasium at Keeseekoose First Nation on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Residential school survivors say they hope the Pope's visit to Canada next month will include a direct apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in running the institutions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
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Why Ottawa dropped appeal of Catholic Church payouts for residential school survivors
A family walks through a field where flags and solar lights now mark the site where human remains were discovered in unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School site on Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan on June 26, 2021. - More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, a tribal leader said Thursday -- the second such shock discovery in less than a month. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
world
'I feel shame – sorrow and shame': Pope Francis apologizes for residential school abuse
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opinion
The Catholic Church took so much from Indigenous people. With the Vatican visit, it should start giving back
Darrel J. McLeod
alberta
Indigenous leaders call on Catholic Church to hasten reparations
Cassidy Caron, president of Métis National Council pose for a portrait March 22, 2022 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
canada
Catholic religious order to open Rome archives for search of Canadian residential school records
FILE PHOTO: A student walks past a display at Hillcrest High School on Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honouring the lost children and survivors of Indigenous residential schools, their families and communities, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
politics
Delegation postpones visit to Vatican due to concerns over Omicron variant
Pope Francis holds an ordination mass on October 17, 2021 at St. Peter's basilica in The Vatican. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)
toronto
Teen guilty of sex assault at St. Michael’s College given probationary sentence with no time behind bars
Exteriors of St. Michael's College School, are photographed on Nov 20 2018.
toronto
Crown seeks 3 months for teen found guilty of sex assault at Toronto private school
Toronto police respond to a call at St. Michael's College School in Toronto on November 19, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
opinion
Netflix’s Midnight Mass: The predictable limits of Catholic angst
John Doyle
exclusive
Documents cast doubt on whether Catholic Church met obligations for residential school survivors
Flags mark the spot where the remains of over 750 children were buried on the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Cowessess first Nation, Saskatchewan, June 25, 2021.hool in Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan, June 25, 2021. - More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, a tribal leader said Thursday -- the second such shock discovery in less than a month. The revelation once again cast a spotlight on a dark chapter in Canada's history, and revived calls on the Pope and the Church to apologize for the abuse suffered at the schools, where students were forcibly assimilated into the country's dominant culture. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Catholic Church charity set up to pay residential school survivors spent $6.46-million on expenses
The former Kamloops Indian Residential School in June 2021 in Tk’emlúps te Secwe?pemc in the B.C. Interior, In late May Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc announced the discovery of 215 remains in unmarked graves at one of Canada’s largest former residential schools.
alberta
Edmonton Catholic Schools reinstate COVID-19 rules while awaiting provincial guidance
Edmonton skyline
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Morning Update: Indigenous leaders renew call for reparations from Catholic Church for residential school abuses
canada
‘A great injustice’: Indigenous leaders call for reparations from Catholic Church for residential schools abuses
Flags mark the spot where the remains of over 750 children were buried on the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Cowessess first Nation, Saskatchewan, June 25, 2021.hool in Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan, June 25, 2021. - More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, a tribal leader said Thursday -- the second such shock discovery in less than a month. The revelation once again cast a spotlight on a dark chapter in Canada's history, and revived calls on the Pope and the Church to apologize for the abuse suffered at the schools, where students were forcibly assimilated into the country's dominant culture. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Investigating the Catholic Church’s wealth
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How much Canadian wealth does the Catholic Church have? Inside The Globe investigation
investigation
The Catholic Church in Canada is worth billions, a Globe investigation shows. Why are its reparations for residential schools so small?
canada
Catholic Church officials improperly redirected funds meant for residential-school survivors: documents
A child's dress hung on a cross blows in the wind near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, June 4, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Evening Update: Denis Shapovalov, Félix Auger Aliassime advance to Wimbledon quarter-finals - a first for Canada
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 05: Felix Auger Aliassime of Canada celebrates victory after winning his Men's Singles Fourth Round match against Alexander Zverev of Germany during Day Seven of The Championships - Wimbledon 2021 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 05, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) Canada's Denis Shapovalov celebrates after defeating Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut during the men's singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
opinion
Amid shameful residential-school revelations, I cannot remain a Catholic
Bernadette Hardaker
canada
RCMP investigate as two more Catholic churches burned in B.C.’s southern Interior
The burning remains of a church are shown in Chopaka, B.C. in a handout photo taken on Saturday, June 26, 2021. The chief of an Indigenous Nation in British Columbia's southern Interior says two more Catholic churches in the region have burned in fires early this morning. Lower Similkameen Indian Band Chief Keith Crow says he got a call around 4 a.m. and found the church in Chopaka near the U.S. border had burned to the ground.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Lower Similkameen Chief Keith Crow MANDATORY CREDIT, this was the church located in Chopaka... 
canada
Indigenous leaders ask Catholics to stay home, push for apology
VAN03:CANADA-NATIVES:VANCOUVER,30JULY97- Assembly of First Nations leadership candidate Phil Fontaine (R) shakes hands with Chief Felix Thomas at the 18th annual General Assembly July 30 in Vancouver. Fontaine is in a three-way tie with incumbent chief Ovide Mercred and Wendy Grant-John in a vote which takes place today. jv/Photo by Jeff Vinnick REUTERS
canada
Catholic Church ran most of Canada’s residential schools, yet remains largely silent about their devastating legacy
Residential school survivor Evelyn Korkmaz at the Mer Bleue bog in Ottawa August 9, 2019.