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Pope Francis meets with participants of the conference “Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge and the Sciences,” sponsored by the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, held at the Vatican from March 14–15, 2024.

Pope Francis: Defending Indigenous Rights ‘a Matter of Justice’

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is hosting the meeting in order to strengthen IFAD’s partnership with Indigenous peoples and its initiatives in their communities.

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican February 10, 2025

Pope Francis meets with a delegation of Canada's Indigenous leaders April 1 at the Vatican.

3 Key Aspects of Pope Francis’ Apology to Canadian Indigenous People

COMMENTARY: While the papal apology has historical, cultural, political and economic aspects, the Holy Father treated this primarily as a religious one at the service of healing and reconciliation as gifts from God.

Father Raymond J. de Souza Vatican April 5, 2022

Newly-elected Dene Nation National Chief Gerald Antoine (l) and former national chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Phil Fontaine (c), escorted by delegation members, arrive to address the media Thursday in St. Peter's Square following a meeting with the Pope.

Pope Francis Meets with Canadian Indigenous Leaders (April 2)

Pope Francis met with Canadian indigenous leaders and Canadian Catholic bishops this week in steps aimed at bringing reconciliation to those communities due to tensions over the Church’s role in operating assimilation-oriented residential schools. Father Raymond DeSouza provides analysis. Then we explore the new exciting venture of EWTN News in the Middle East, a Catholic news agency in Erbil, Iraq. Catholic News Agency’s executive director Alejandro Bermudez explains the important mission of ACI MENA.

Jeanette De Melo Register Radio April 3, 2022

Pope Francis meets members of the First Nations at the Vatican on March 31, 2022.

Pope Francis to Visit Indigenous Peoples in Canada in July

Pope Francis says he plans on visiting Canada in the summer month of July marking the feast of St. Anne.

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican April 1, 2022

Flags mark the unmarked graves of more than 750 who were buried on the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan, June 25, 2021. Pope Francis will meet with representatives of the First Nations on March 28 and 31 and April 1.

The Pope’s Meetings With Canadian Indigenous Leaders: An Explainer

COMMENTARY: They are a continuation of the process of reconciliation that is underway because of the Catholic Church’s participation in Canada’s assimilationist residential-school policy for Indigenous children.

Father Raymond J. de Souza Vatican March 28, 2022

St. Kateri and the Madonna and Child are among the icons written by Canadian Andre Prevost.

Iconographer Brings to Life Native Catholic Holiness

Canadian Andre Prevost’s First Nations series is helping Catholics to pray with the living roots of the Church in North America.

Peter Jesserer Smith Arts & Entertainment October 29, 2021

Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square June 17, 2015.

Pope Francis to Visit Canada in ‘Pilgrimage of Healing and Reconciliation’ With Indigenous Peoples

Pope Francis expressed sorrow at the discovery of Indigenous children’s graves in an Angelus address in June, but did not issue a formal apology.

Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican October 27, 2021

Michael Madrigal, a lay minister in the Diocese of San Bernardino, recites the “Native American Prayer to the Four Directions” at the beginning of the diocese’s opening Mass for the Synod on Synodality, Oct. 17, 2021 at Holy Angels Church in Riverside, California.

Indigenous Prayers, Dancing in San Bernardino Synod Mass Spark Backlash

A lay minister who works at a nearby Indian reservation led the procession into the sanctuary, waving a large bird feather with one hand while carrying a basket in the other, to the accompaniment of beating drums.

Carl Bunderson/CNA Nation October 25, 2021

The school board’s review of library books was conducted by school board members and Native advisors

Indigenous ‘Expert’ Who Advised Book Burnings at Catholic Schools in Canada Draws Scrutiny

Over 4,700 individual books, comprised of several hundred titles, were removed from the shelves or put under review due to alleged outdated, incorrect, or inappropriate depictions of indigenous people.

Kevin J. Jones/CNA World October 7, 2021

Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City (Left) and Bishop James Wall of Gallup, head of the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs under the USCCB Standing Committee for Cultural Diversity, (Right) at the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

USCCB Looks to Assist Federal Investigation of Boarding Schools for Indigenous

Spokesperson Chieko Noguchi said she hopes the information will “bring some measure of peace to the victims and a heightened awareness so that this disturbing history is never repeated.”

Jonah McKeown Nation July 8, 2021

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