Following Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous groups in Canada, U.S. churches are beginning to reckon with their own role in the forced assimilation of Indigenous children. The Interior Department expects to issue a report this month uncovering the traumatic past.
As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis’ historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their own legacies of operating such schools. Church schools are likely to feature prominently in a report from the U.S. Department of the Interior, led by…
As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis’ historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their