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May 28, 2021

Canada’s bishops express ‘deepest sorrow’ over loss of 215 children found buried at former residential school

215 pairs of children’s shoes were placed as a memorial for the children's bodies found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.

Canada’s 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.

Published in Canada
October 19, 2018

Lack of safe drinking water on reserves ‘disgraceful’, Canadian bishops say

A young boy rides his bike around his neighbourhood on an Indigenous reserve.

OTTAWA – The latest statement about drinking water from Canada’s bishops “might shock” some people, admits Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver.

Published in Canada