By Rhina Guidos OSV News SAN ANDRES SEMETABAJ, Guatemala — Sister Marta Yach Cosme walked through one of the gardens of the motherhouse of the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist, touching the fronds of the ubiquitous plants and squeezing the herbs with the tips of her fingers, explaining their medicinal purposes. “We have to have […]
U.S. bishops OK pastoral plan for Indigenous faithful
By Gina Christian OSV News LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — The U.S. Catholic bishops have approved a new pastoral plan for Indigenous Catholics, almost half a century since the last such document. “Keeping Christ’s Sacred Promise: A Pastoral Framework for Indigenous Ministry” was approved by a vote of 181 to 2, with three bishops abstaining, on June […]
Francis in Canada: Trip shows tenacity of Canada’s Indigenous and pope
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service IQALUIT, Nunavut — At the end of his six-day visit to Canada, Pope Francis, sitting in a wheelchair, said goodbye to Chief Wilton Littlechild, also sitting in a wheelchair. Littlechild, a 78-year-old lawyer, survivor of abuse in a residential school and former grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty […]
Pope apologizes for treatment of Indigenous in Canada
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Expressing “sorrow and shame” for the complicity of Catholics in abusing Indigenous children in Canada and helping in the attempt to erase their culture, Pope Francis pledged to address the issue more fully when he visits Canada. “For the deplorable conduct of those members of the […]