Indigenous delegation

Warning: This story deals with disturbing subject matter that may upset and trigger some readers. Discretion is advised. Around this time last year, Métis historian and educator Mitchell Case exited the grounds of St. Peter’s…

Warning: This story deals with disturbing subject matter that may upset and trigger some readers. Discretion is advised. Italian filmmaker Raffaele Manco watched in horror from Rome as 215 unmarked burial sites — likely the remains of…

First Nations, Métis and Inuit delegates wrapped up a historic delegation to Rome last week, receiving an unprecedented apology from Pope Francis related to residential schools. Before nearly 200 people, the head of the Catholic…

Lorelei Williams raised her fist high in the air in front of the Vatican, with St. Peter’s Basilica glowing by lamplight as the hour approached midnight. Dressed in a stunning red cape with a trim of black hands, she called on Pope…

Pope Francis has delivered a formal apology for the grave harms caused by Canada’s residential schools. In a livestreamed audience with more than 170 Indigenous survivors, elders, knowledge keepers, youth and community leaders on…

First Nations delegates met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday. It marked the second time Phil Fontaine has met a pope and requested an apology from the Roman Catholic Church for its role in residential schools.The former…

Phil Fontaine and his wife Kathleen Mahoney walk arm in arm up the cobblestone street from Rome into Vatican City. They pause at the border between them and glance at a dazzling and familiar sight — St. Peter’s Basilica, one of the…

Warning: This story deals with disturbing subject matter that may upset and trigger some readers. Discretion is advised. Outside the arrivals terminal at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Métis Elder Angie Crerar stood…