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Pope Francis delivered a historic apology this week to Indigenous peoples for the abuses suffered at the hands of Catholic missionaries in Canada’s church-run residential schools. The Associated Press provided wall-to-wall coverage of this consequential papal trip on Canadian soil. Alongside top notch visual crews and an assist from Canadian bureau chief Rob Gillies, the religion team’s Peter Smith and AP Vatican expert, Nicole Winfield, were on the ground to document the pope’s arrival in Edmonton, Alberta, and his monumental request for forgiveness at the site of a former residential school. But the religion team’s work began before the papal plane touched down on Sunday. In anticipation of the pope’s arrival, Smith and Jessie Wardarski documented the hopes and concerns of Indigenous Canadians ahead of Francis’ apology. Smith and Religion News Editor Holly Meyer added critical context by explaining further the modern phenomenon of churches apologizing for past sins.
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UN court rejects Myanmar claims, will hear Rohingya case
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Vatican says they’re gifts; Indigenous groups want them back
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Catholic hospitals’ growth impacts reproductive health care
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Commentary and Analysis
Antisemitism today does not always appear in the form of traditional hate speech. It manifests in GIFs, memes, vlogs, comments and reactions on social media platforms. By Sabine von Mering and Monika Hübscher for The Conversation
As late as 1970, only about 5% of Americans chose to be cremated. In 2020, more than 56% Americans opted for it. By David Sloane for The Conversation
A great-great-grandson of Joseph Smith Jr. found the Mormon prophet’s photo tucked inside a locket passed down for generations. By Jana Riess/Religion News Service
A scholar of the ancient Near East explains how loan forgiveness was handled thousands of years ago in the Bible and royal decrees. By Eva von Dassow for The Conversation
People lit candles in memory of people killed by Russian shelling last Thursday, in the Orthodox church in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, Sunday, July 17, 2022. Russian missiles struck the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 100 others, Ukrainian officials said. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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