The Catholic school board in Halton rejected an effort to get its schools to fly the Pride flag this June and to display signs confirming its classrooms are safe spaces for LGBTQ+ students and staff year-round, a move the student who started the push called “an act of cowardice.”
One by one, a dozen survivors shared their shattering tales of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy with high-ranking church officials gathered to listen to the stories they'd declined to hear for years.
A top Vatican cardinal issued a scathing rebuke on Sunday, October 7, 2018, of the ambassador who accused Pope Francis of covering up the sexual misconduct of a prominent American cardinal, saying his claims were a "blasphemous" political hit job.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pope Francis seems open to apologizing for the Roman Catholic church role in mistreatment of Canada's indigenous peoples.
Justin Trudeau is expected to ask Pope Francis for a formal apology for the role of the Catholic Church in the residential school system when the two meet during a private audience later this month.
Indigenous people have had enough apologies and want action from the Catholic Church and federal government, says the chief of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation in British Columbia.
