As 10,000 people marched in sorrow and in anger from QueenƵapp Park to Nathan Phillips Square, Vivian Timmins just had to be there — because Timmins is a residential school survivor.
Prayers, sorrow offered for Kamloops children
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis led hundreds of pilgrims and visitors in St. PeterƵapp Square in a moment of silent prayer for the Indigenous children who died in Canadian residential schools and for their grieving families.
Cardinal Thomas Collins apologized during his live-streamed Mass from St. MichaelƵapp Cathedral June 6 and honoured those who died or were mistreated in CanadaƵapp residential schools.
ThereƵapp a unique wallop in seeing your hometown linked by national and international media to the finding of a “mass grave” full of children.
The “betrayal of trust” by those responsible for CanadaƵapp residential schools must “compel us to ensure that our sins are not repeated,” said Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto.
Archbishop Miller offers ‘deep apology’ in wake of discovery of bodies at Kamloops residential school
The Archbishop of Vancouver is offering “my deep apology” to those affected by the discovery of the bodies of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C.
CanadaƵapp bishops express ‘deepest sorrow’ over loss of 215 children found buried at former residential school
CanadaƵapp bishops are expressing their “deepest sorrow” and pledge to “continue walking side by side” with Indigenous people in the wake of the discovery of the bodies of 215 children buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.