In the United States, the Department of the Interior announced last summer that it would conduct an investigation of former federally funded boarding schools to understand better what occurred in this country.
From the Editor: Truth-seeking, healing must continue regarding boarding school legacy
Photos of the Week: April 4, 2022
In the spotlight: papal visit to Malta, apology to Canadian Indigenous leaders, Vatican pizza, Ukraine war
Pope apologizes for treatment of Indigenous in Canada, promises to visit
Expressing “sorrow and shame” for the complicity of Catholics in abusing Indigenous children in Canada and helping in the attempt to erase their culture, Pope Francis pledged to address the issue more fully when he visits Canada.
Vatican Christmas to feature Indigenous Peruvian crèche
The Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square this year will have a distinctly Indigenous, Andean look with the centerpiece being a “Hilipuska” baby Jesus, that is, one wrapped in a blanket bound with a long cord known as a “chumpi.”
At catacombs, synod members pledge simplicity, closeness to the poor
More than a half century after a group of bishops at the Second Vatican Council made a solemn pledge to live a simple lifestyle close to their people, a group of participants from the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon signed a new pact in the Catacombs of Domitilla.