As Canada prepares to sign on to a United Nations agreement on migration, Conservative politicians are pushing back, saying signing it would be tantamount to erasing Canada's borders.
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.
The prominent founder of a Newfoundland organization for clergy abuse survivors has written a letter to Pope Francis, saying the Vatican "owes God an apology" for mismanagement of abuse allegations.
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says it's incorrect to suggest that Pope Francis is refusing to apologize to survivors of Canada's notoriously abusive residential schools.
Pope Francis will not apologize to residential school survivors and their families for the role the Roman Catholic Church played in operating the schools or the abuses suffered by their students.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Pope Francis encouraged her to work to preserve the Paris climate accord despite the U.S. withdrawal and shared her aim to "bring down walls," and not build them.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pope Francis seems open to apologizing for the Roman Catholic church role in mistreatment of Canada's indigenous peoples.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and 21 other Republicans urged U.S. President Donald Trump to follow through on his campaign pledge to pull out of the Paris climate accord.