Canada‘s indigenous services minister said Wednesday it is “shameful” that the Pope has never formally apologized for abuses at the country’s Catholic-run indigenous residential schools, which he termed “labor camps.” Marc Miller‘s comments followed the recent discovery of unmarked graves of 215 children in Kamloops at one of 139 boarding schools set up a century […]
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Sri Lanka Catholics turn to TV mass amid bomb threat
Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church will televise a private Sunday mass after canceling regular services over fears of a repeat of Easter suicide bombings that killed 257 people, a spokesman said. Father Edmund Tillakaratne said public masses were suspended for a second week, but a service conducted by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith will be broadcast on national […]