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Papal Visit

FILE - People protest as Pope Francis meets young people and elders at Nakasuk Elementary School Square in Iqaluit, Canada, Friday, July 29, 2022. The Vatican has on Thursday, March 30, 2023 formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery.” That is the theory backed by 15th century papal bulls that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property law today. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)
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Mixed feelings for Vatican rescinding 'law of colonization'

By Miles Morrisseau
Pope Francis looks at a woman wearing a flag with the slogan Every Child Matters" on it at the end of a meeting with Indigenous people in Quebec City on Friday, July 29, 2022, part of his papal visit across Canada (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Pope visits Nunavut for final apology of his Canadian tour

By Associated Press
People watch for Pope Francis to arrive for mass in Edmonton, during his Papal visit across Canada on Tuesday July 26, 2022. Pope Francis apologized to the Indigenous communities for the Roman Catholic Church's role in the residential school system. (Jason Franson /The Canadian Press via AP)
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The Wrap: The tragedy of residential, boarding schools

By ICT
People displays a banner during Pope Francis mass at the National Shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupré in Quebec City, Canada, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Quebec and gives marching orders to the country's priests, deacons and religious sisters. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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'Rescind the Doctrine' protest greets pope in Canada

By Associated Press
Indigenous leaders from Canada walk in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after their meeting with Pope Francis on Friday, April 1, 2022. Shown from left are Gerald Antoine, First Nations Northwest Territories regional chief; Natan Obed, president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami nation, and Cassidy Caron, president of the Metis National  Council. The Pope's visit to Canada July 25-29, 2022, renewed calls for the Vatican to return Indigenous and colonial-era artifacts that are in its museum collections. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Indigenous peoples want sacred items returned from Catholic museums

By Mary Annette Pember
Si Pih Koh, Cree, who sang an emotional protest to Pope Francis with tears streaming down her face in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada on July 25, 2022, was at peace by the time she followed the Pope to Lac Ste. Anne on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (Photo by Miles Morrisseau/ICT)
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Papal Visit: Singer at peace after captivating world with protest song

By Miles Morrisseau
Pope Francis prepares to bless the sacred waters of Lac Ste. Anne in Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, for the Feast of Saint Anne as part of his six-day "penitence pilgrimage" to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in the ugly residential school history. Hundreds of Indigenous people turned out for the feast and to hear the Pope speak. Indigenous priest Christino Bouvette, of Alberta, is holding the bowl of water as Canadian Cardinal Marc Oulette, with red sash, looks on. (Photo by Miles Morrisseau/ICT)
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Papal Visit: ‘Where harmony and peace reign’

By Miles Morrisseau
Pope Francis prepares to deliver his apology to Indigenous people on July 25, 2022, in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada with chiefs of the four nations on whose land he stood. (Photo by Miles Morrisseau/ICT)
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PAPAL VISIT: 'It's going to take a long time'

By Miles Morrisseau
Pope Francis prays in at the Ermineskin Cree Nation Cemetery at the former residential school, in Maskwacis, near Edmonton, Canada, on July 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Papal Visit: Apology at last in Canada

By Miles Morrisseau
Pope Francis is welcomed by Grand Chief George Arcand Jr. of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and other government and Indigenous leaders as he arrives July 24, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, for a six-day swing that is expected to bring an apology for the Catholic Church's role in operating Indigenous residential schools. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Papal Visit: Pope takes first step toward apology

By ICT
Eugene Alexis plays the drum at the conclusion of the rededication ceremony for Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples on Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2020, the church was damaged in a large fire and has now been renovated ahead of Pope Francis' visit to the Canadian province. The Pontiff will visit the church during a six-day swing through Canada that starts July 24, 2022, at Maskwacis, Alberta, where he is expected to apologize before more than 15,000 people for the Catholic Church's role in operating Indigenous residential schools.  (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
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Papal Visit: Pressure mounts for residential school apology

By Miles Morrisseau and Mary Annette Pember