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A protestor holds a sign saying ‘Reparation for Reconciliation’ as Pope Francis arrives for a public event in Iqaluit, Nunavut on July 29, 2022, during his papal visit across Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

August 4, 2022

Reparations to Indigenous Peoples are critical after Pope’s apology for residential schools

Catherine Richardson, Concordia University

The Pope’s apology could mark a new way forward if the Catholic Church makes genuine reparations for the evils it perpetrated.

Pope Francis waves to the crowd, making his way to the Plains of Abraham during his Papal visit in Québec City on July 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

August 2, 2022

Pope Francis’s visit to Canada was full of tensions — both from what was said and what wasn’t

Christine Jamieson, Concordia University

Visiting Indigenous people on their land was a step in the right direction, but the pope’s visit was full of tensions over both what was said and what wasn’t.

July 26, 2022

I survived the ’60s Scoop. Here’s why the Pope’s apology isn’t an apology at all

Lori Campbell, University of Regina

Apologizing for people versus the establishment that upheld not only the Indian Residential Schools system but protected – and continues to protect — the people who committed the crimes is horrifying.

Pope Francis receives a traditional headdress after apologizing near the site of the former Ermineskin Residential School, in Maskwacis, Alta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

July 26, 2022

Pope’s long-awaited apology for Indian Residential Schools in Canada is a ‘first step’

Jeremy M. Bergen, University of Waterloo

Whether this apology has truly advanced the goal of healing may become evident only in years and decades to come.

Drawing of St. Peter’s cathedral, Rome, with the Vatican wall in the left distance, c. 1640. (The Trustees of the British Museum)

July 24, 2022

The Vatican and Western Canadian missions: A brief history

Roberto Perin, York University, Canada

Residential schools and the papal bulls justifying the doctrine of discovery call out for concrete acts of atonement and reparation on the part of the church.

Pope Francis’s visit to Canada will offer him an opportunity to apologize for the harms of the Catholic-run Indian Residential Schools. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

July 21, 2022

Why the Pope’s visit is important to all Canadians

Marie-Pierre Bousquet, Université de Montréal

Pope Francis’ visit concerns all Canadians. It’s about our relationship to history and the construction of a state that marginalized Indigenous people and tried to assimilate them.

A key question we should be asking during his upcoming visit is: How will an apology contribute to healing, or will it just deepen distrust in the church? (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, file)

July 21, 2022

Pope Francis’ visit to Canada: The complicated relationship between Indigenous communities and the church

Jonathan Hamilton-Diabo, University of Toronto

It is reasonable to expect that any apology from the Pope will be met with mixed responses.

Members of the Assembly of First Nations perform in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on March 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

July 12, 2022

Pope’s visit to Canada: Indigenous communities await a new apology — and a commitment to justice

Tiffany Dionne Prete, University of Lethbridge

Pope Francis and the Catholic Church must make a plan with Indigenous Peoples, not for us, in order to walk the path of reconciliation. Some initial suggestions of what a plan might include.

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