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Dialuna 25 Juli 2022

Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups

from the First Nations, Me- Canada's Truth and Recon- cis apology and the Tuesday
tis and Inuit. Those meetings ciliation Commission in 2015 gathering at Lac Ste. Anne,
culminated with a historic had called for a papal apology long a popular pilgrimage site
April 1 apology for the "de- to be delivered on Canadian for Indigenous Catholics.
plorable" abuses committed soil, but it was only after the
by some Catholic missionar- 2021 discovery of the pos- Both are in rural areas, and
ies in residential schools. sible remains of around 200 organizers are arranging
children at the former Ka- shuttle transport from vari-
The Canadian government mloops residential school in ous park-and-ride lots. They
has admitted that physical British Columbia that the noted that many survivors are
and sexual abuse were ram- Vatican mobilized to comply now elderly and frail and may
pant in the government- with the request. need accessible vehicle trans-
funded Christian schools port, diabetic-friendly snacks
that operated from the 19th The Inuit community, for and other services.
century to the 1970s. Some its part, is seeking Vatican
150,000 Indigenous chil- assistance to extradite a sin- The Rev. Cristino Bouvette,
dren were taken from their gle Oblate priest, the Rev. national liturgical coordina-
(AP) — Pope Francis apology. families and forced to attend Joannes Rivoire, who minis- tor for the papal visit, who
began a fraught visit to Aboard the papal plane, Fran- in an effort to isolate them tered to Inuit communities is partly of Indigenous heri-
Canada on Sunday to cis told reporters this was a from the influence of their until he left in the 1990s and tage, said he hopes the visit is
apologize to Indigenous "penitential voyage" and he homes, Native languages and returned to France. Canadian healing for those who "have
peoples for abuses by mis- urged prayers in particular cultures and assimilate them authorities issued an arrest borne a wound, a cross that
sionaries at residential for elderly people and grand- into Canada's Christian soci- warrant for him in 1998 on they have suffered with, in
schools, a key step in the parents. ety. accusations of several counts some cases for generations."
Catholic Church's efforts of sexual abuse, but it has
to reconcile with Native Indigenous groups are seek- Then-Prime Minister Ste- never been served. Bouvette, a priest in the Dio-
communities and help ing more than just words, phen Harper issued a for- Inuit leader Natan Obed per- cese of Calgary, said the pa-
them heal from genera- though, as they press for ac- mal apology over the resi- sonally asked Francis for the pal liturgical events will have
tions of trauma. cess to church archives to dential schools in 2008. As Vatican's help in extraditing strong Indigenous represen-
learn the fate of children part of a lawsuit settlement Rivoire, telling The Associat- tation — including promi-
Francis flew from Rome to who never returned home involving the government, ed Press in March that it was nent roles for Indigenous
Edmonton, Alberta, where from the schools. They also churches and approximately one specific thing the Vatican clergy and the use of Native
his welcoming party includ- want justice for the abusers, 90,000 surviving students, could do to bring healing to languages, music and motifs
ed Canadian Prime Minis- financial reparations and the Canada paid reparations that his many victims. on liturgical vestments.
ter Justin Trudeau and Mary return of Indigenous artifacts amounted to billions of dol-
May Simon, an Inuk who held by the Vatican Muse- lars being transferred to In- Asked about the request, Vat- Bouvette said he's doing this
is Canada's first Indigenous ums. digenous communities. Can- ican spokesman Matteo Bru- work in honor of his "ko-
governor general. Francis had ada's Catholic Church says its ni said last week that he had kum," the Cree word for
no official events scheduled Francis' week-long trip — dioceses and religious orders no information on the case. grandmother, who spent 12
Sunday, giving him time to which will take him to Ed- have provided more than $50 At a news conference Satur- years at a residential school
rest before his meeting Mon- monton; Quebec City and fi- million in cash and in-kind day in Edmonton, organizers in Edmonton. She "could
day with survivors near the nally Iqaluit, Nunavut, in the contributions, and hope to said they will do all they can have probably never imag-
site of a former residential far north — follows meet- add $30 million more over to enable school survivors ined those many years later
school in Maskwacis, where ings he held in the spring at the next five years. to attend the papal events, that her grandson would be
he is expected to deliver an the Vatican with delegations particularly for the Maskwa- involved in this work."

Mediterranean ships find 5 dead, rescue over 1,100 migrants

(AP) — Italian vessels have re- cal treatment from a migrant boat 34,013 recorded through Friday. dead or missing at sea by the U.N.
covered five bodies and rescued in a precarious condition, the Coast refugee agency this year, 823 of those
674 people packed on a fishing Guard said. While still notably fewer than the in the perilous central Mediterra-
boat adrift in the Mediterranean 2015 peak year, the crossings remain nean.
off the Libyan coast, the Italian In separate operations, the German deadly, with 1,234 people recorded
Coast Guard said Sunday, while charity Sea-Watch said it rescued 444
European charities reported sav- migrants trying to cross the Medi-
ing more than 500 more. terranean on overcrowded, rickety
smugglers' boats. The Sea-Watch 3
Some of the survivors had to be vessel carried out the five operations
plucked from the sea in the Italian over 24 hours, and said the rescued
operation Saturday that was carried included a pregnant woman and a
out 120 miles (190 kilometers) off man who had suffered severe burns.
the coast of Calabria by a Navy mer-
cantile ship, three Coast Guard pa- The charity is asking for permission
trol boats and a financial police boat. to bring the rescued people to a safe
All of those rescued were brought to port, as the rescue ship is unable to
ports in Calabria and Sicily. accommodate so many people.

The causes of death for the five dead In addition, the European char-
were not immediately known. ity SOS Mediterannee said its res-
The Coast Guard said it was just one cue ship Ocean Viking have saved 87
in a series of rescues in recent days in people, including 57 unaccompanied
the Italian search and rescue area of minors, from an overcrowded rubber
the central Mediterranean, as desper- boat off the Libyan coast. None had
ate people fleeing poverty or oppres- life jackets, the charity said.
sion seek a better life in Europe. In
one case, a helicopter was called to Migrant arrivals in Italy are up by
evacuate a woman in need of medi- nearly one-quarter from 2021, with