Indigenous Reconciliation

Reconciliation fund helps launch Spirit Lodge in Guelph

Manitou Wiigwaam a long-term care facility for Indigenous

Quinton Amundson · August 14, 2026

Motivated by a mindset of service, humility and reconciliation, the St. Joseph’s Health Centre (SJHC) Guelph team knew more could be done to provide Indigenous Canadians with accessible care.

Reconciliation fund poised to smash through target

Quinton Amundson · July 7, 2026

Canadian Catholics remain well ahead of pace in accruing the promised $30 million for the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund (IRF) within five years.

Moving reconciliation forward

Indigenous artifact repatriation helps deconstruct simplistic narratives

Luke Mandato · February 19, 2026

In a discussion on the Vatican's repatriation of 62 Indigenous cultural items to Canada, Dr. Cody Groat and Noah MacDonald shared nuanced perspectives on cultural heritage, faith and reconciliation in the most recent step towards a shared understanding in Indigenous reconciliation.

Sacred Covenant marks first year of ‘walking together’

Canadian Catholic News · December 29, 2025

As Canadian Catholics see the year 2025 to a close, the Church on Canada’s western shores looked back on 2025 as a significant moment in reconciliation history.

Indigenous council calls for promotion of equity for national day of prayer

Canadian Catholic News · December 16, 2025

Canadian Catholics must persevere in the vision “of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people walking together in prayerful and respectful ways towards a stronger, shared future,” said the Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council in its annual message for the National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples, Dec. 12.

Repatriated Indigenous artifacts 'just the beginning'

Peter Stockland · December 8, 2025

A deeply prayerful celebration greeted the return of 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada from the Vatican at Montreal’s Trudeau Airport Dec. 6.

A day of gifts and giving back

Quinton Amundson · November 16, 2025

Pope Leo XIV welcomed CCCB representatives to Rome and gifted 62 Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican Museums' ethnological collections for transfer to National Indigenous Organizations (NIOs).

Pope Leo returns Indigenous artifacts from Vatican Museums to Canada

Cindy Wooden · November 15, 2025

Pope Leo XIV fulfilled a promise made by the late Pope Francis to return to Canada's Indigenous communities artifacts -- including an Inuit kayak, masks, moccasins and etchings -- that have been held by the Vatican for more than 100 years.

Vatican set to return Indigenous artifacts

Quinton Amundson · October 27, 2025

The Vatican is poised to return a collection of a “few dozen” cultural treasures from its Anima Mundi ethnological museum to Indigenous communities across Canada before the end of the Jubilee year.

A text posted by the Archdiocese of Toronto on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Catholic Register Staff · October 23, 2025

Text posted by the Archdiocese of Toronto on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.