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Part 1:<I thought, what made him change his mind?
What made him make that apology? Why did it take so long?> Flora
says.>....
Part
2:
<Pope calls treatment of Indigenous in
Canada schools 'genocide'....>
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Part 3: <[The apology] fell short,....>
and
Francis has apologized personally and on behalf of <many>
individual bad actors, but not for the Church as a whole.
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Part 4: <Apologies for the role that the
Roman Catholic Church, as an institution, played in the
mistreatment on the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical and
sexual abuse that Indigenous children suffered in residential
schools run by the church,not enough> Trudeau said....
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Part 5: <...the pope said the Church
was asking <burning questions... on its difficult and demanding
journey of healing and reconciliation.>... |
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Part 6: <You never invite a wolf into your
den,> Chantalle said frankly, during a telephone interview with
Al Jazeera days before the pope’s arrival. <Like, you don't
bring somebody here that hasn't fully understood what has gone
on for all these years. I don't accept that he's coming to my
home. It’s not something I agree with.> .... |
Part 7: <Part of me is
rejoiced, part of me is sad, part of me is numb. But I'm glad I
lived long enough to have witnessed this apology,> Korkmaz said
during a news conference. <But like I said, I want more because
50 years is too long to wait for an apology.>... |
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Part 8: RoseAnne
Archibald, national chief for the Assembly of First Nations, who
also greeted the pope, criticised the <unilateral> organisation
of the trip and the <archaic> nature of the church, which has no
women in leadership positions. <We don't feel that it has been
about survivors>.... |
Part 9: Eastern Gate Windspeaking Woman, a
survivor who had travelled more than 500km (311 miles) from New
Brunswick, told me she felt like a <Christmas ornament> and was
not sure she belonged there. <It's not about the survivors,> she
said. <I felt we were pushed aside, like we didn't matter.
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France 24
28 July 2022
<<Pope celebrates mass at North America's oldest Catholic shrine.
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre (Canada) (AFP) – Pope Francis celebrated mass
Thursday at the oldest Catholic shrine in North America, preaching
reconciliation on the fourth day of a visit to Canada as he seeks to
reset the Church's relationship with Indigenous people.
Thousands of people, many of them Indigenous, were on hand as the
85-year-old pontiff arrived at the shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre
under heavy security and greeted them from his popemobile.Inside the
shrine, just in front of the altar and a few feet away from Francis as
mass began, demonstrators unfurled a sign which read: <Rescind the
doctrine> -- referring to the Doctrine of Discovery, the 15th century
papal edicts that empowered European powers to colonize non-Christian
lands and people. The writing was only on the side facing away from the
pope, and it was calmly removed shortly after.
But it was demonstrative of the work that many Indigenous people, while
hailing the pope's trip as historic, say the Church has left to do.
....
The pope apologized for the abuse as his trip began on Monday. For many
Indigenous people, his plea for forgiveness has been over-whelming.
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The 54-year-old housewife from the Manawan reserve was in the front row
at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre. <This pope, he knows we exist here, he
recognizes us,> she told AFP. <Yesterday, I saw him up close, it touched
me here,> she added, putting her hand on her heart. But many others say
there is more to do. <Personally, it wasn't enough,> said Abigail Brook,
a 23-year-old member of Saint Mary First Nations, regretting in
particular that the pope did not specifically mention sexual abuse.
During the mass at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, on the shores of the St
Lawrence River some 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Quebec City in
Canada's east, the pope said the Church was asking <burning questions...
on its difficult and demanding journey of healing and reconciliation.>
<In confronting the scandal of evil and the Body of Christ wounded in
the flesh of our Indigenous brothers and sisters, we too have
experienced deep dismay; we too feel the burden of failure,> he said.>>
Read all here:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220728-pope-celebrates-mass-at-north-america-s-oldest-catholic-shrine
Al Jazeera
27 July 2022
By Brandi Morin
<<Pope's Canada visit 'doesn’t heal' wounds of Indigenous survivors
For many Indigenous survivors of abuse in Canada, the papal tour is a
reminder of the 'horrors' committed against them.
Warning: The story below contains details about abuse in residential
schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s National Indian Residential
School Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day on 1-866-925-4419.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – Chantalle Buffalo lives with the painful
history of Canada’s residential schools on her doorstep in Maskwacis
First Nations community in central Alberta. The 32-year-old's mother and
other relatives are survivors of Ermineskin Indian Residential School,
the former government-funded, Roman Catholic-run boarding facility for
Indigenous Peoples that operated there for more than 50 years until
1975. Pope Francis paid a visit to the site this week as part of his
<pilgrimage of penance> for abuses committed against Indigenous
communities. But many like Chantalle are less than impressed with the
pontiff's visit. <You never invite a wolf into your den,> Chantalle said
frankly, during a telephone interview with Al Jazeera days before the
pope’s arrival. <Like, you don't bring somebody here that hasn't fully
understood what has gone on for all these years. I don't accept that
he's coming to my home. It’s not something I agree with.>
From the late 1800s until 1997, there were 139 federally mandated
residential schools which assimilated Indigenous children into
mainstream Canadian culture. Abuse was widespread and the children were
barred from speaking their Indigenous language and practising cultural
norms. More than 150,000 Indigenous children attended the institutions –
60 percent of which were overseen by the church.
Maskwacis is the only First Nations community and former residential
school site the pope is visiting during his six-day-long trip to Canada,
where he reiterated an earlier apology about the church's role in the
schooling system. Chantalle fumed as she spoke about the preparations
the community and the Province of Alberta made to host the pope, who is
also visiting Quebec and Nunavut. <The reconciliation, there's a whole
bunch of reasons why he is coming, yes,> she said. <But it's not like
he's going to come and recognise what has happened on our reserve.>
Maskwacis, like many other First Nations, struggles with crumbling
infrastructure, poverty, addictions, suicide and high unemployment
rates. But Alberta Transportation was paving several roadways in the
Ermineskin community of Maskwacis as well as improving the surrounding
infrastructure specifically for the pope's visit. Chantalle felt it was
a cover-up of the real and lasting effects of the residential schools
where thousands of Indigenous children experienced neglect and abuse,
and died. In recent years, unmarked graves of Indigenous children have
been discovered on the grounds of former institutions, and the searches
continue. <Everyone here is going to get dressed up in their traditional
clothing for him [the pope]. And they’re paving the way for him. Oh, my
God, it’s just blowing my mind!> Chantalle said. <I don't think he
really is going to see all of the poverty and what's going on in the
reserve. And they have this Holy guy coming to the reserve and be a few
feet away from the former residential school. They're still uncovering
graves there…> Although several of Chantalle's family members planned to
attend the ceremony with the pope in Maskwacis, she refused to go. <I
know a lot of community members aren't happy about him coming either.>
'Follow your words with actions' Christi Belcourt, 55, a Metis (mixed
Indigenous and non-Indigenous) artist from the Lac Ste Anne Metis
community – located about 51 miles (82km) west of Edmonton and home to
the site of a Catholic pilgrimage which annually attracts thousands of
Indigenous participants from across Canada and the United States – also
does not support the pope’s visit to her homeland. She said that
although the Catholic Church perpetrated violence against Indigenous
Peoples, the institution is irrelevant to her. <I think for a lot of us
who are not Catholic, who follow a traditional way, the Catholic Church
is not even something that we give a thought,> she explained during a
telephone interview. <But, as a traditional person, what I've learned in
our lodges is that we always respect anybody else's way of approaching
spirituality. That's why I think there’s a lot of silence around this
visit by a large majority of Indigenous folks because, number one, I
think the church is not relevant; and number two, we respect the fact
that there are family members we have or others in our community for
whom the church is relevant.> For Christi, the pope’s apologies to
Indigenous survivors do not go far enough. She said she will decide if
it is sincere when the church takes action. That starts with the
repealing of the Doctrine of Discovery. The doctrine was created by Pope
Alexander VI in 1492 upon Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas
and was used by European colonisers to stake claim to Indigenous lands.
The land was considered terra nullius (vacant land) if it had not yet
been occupied by Christians. It ushered in an era of land dispos-session
and genocide against Indigenous nations. <You have to follow your words
with actions. We need the church to repeal the Doctrine of Discovery, we
need them to return our lands [the lands which are still owned by
churches on Indigenous territories]. We need them to actively
participate in expelling priests and nuns who have abused our children
instead of offering them shelter and shuffling them around to different
communities where they can continue the abuses and actively seek
persecution.> These are not the only stipulations from Christi and other
Indigenous Peoples, including survivors and Indigenous delegates who
travelled to Rome in late March and April to meet with Pope Francis.
They have requested the handing over of thousands of documents held by
the Catholic Church and federal and provincial governments, which may
hold clues to help piece together the circumstances behind the deaths of
Indigenous children in residential schools. Additionally, the Vatican
currently holds a vast collection of Indigenous ceremonial artefacts,
many of which belong to Indigenous communities in Canada. It is time
those <looted> items are returned, Christi said.
<There are a number of these things that they [the Catholic Church]
could be doing. That would prove that they are truly remorseful and
prove that they're truly wanting to seek a new relationship. In my mind,
this would be a brand-new relationship because we've never had a
relationship with them that has been anything other than them trying to
assimilate, oppress and commit genocide against us.> >>
Read all here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/7/27/popes-canada-visit-doesnt-heal-wounds-of-indigenous-survivors
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