Tag: Indigenous Peoples

“The blood of our leaders was not enough, the government intensified its military occupation of our communities and shut down our schools”

Census results in July said those minorities amounted to 1.65 million people, one percent of the national total of 165 million

“How precious is that profoundly genuine sense of family and community among #IndigenousPeoples!” read the pope’s tweet

Kalikasan PNE recently released a report noting a 1,773 percent increase in attacks against environmental defenders

The group said that "more than identity or cultural appropriation, the issue is a matter of hypocrisy and decency"

“I express my deep shame and sorrow, and, together with the bishops of this country, I renew my request for forgiveness for the wrong done"

“It pains me to think that Catholics contributed to policies of assimilation and enfranchisement that inculcated a sense of inferiority"

Pope Francis is also deeply concerned about the damaged environment of the indigenous people and global poverty

“I am here because the first step of my penitential pilgrimage among you is that of again asking forgiveness”

The pope is expected to meet with and apologize to indigenous Canadians for abuses committed at Church-run residential schools