The Papal Apologies to Indigenous Peoples in Canada - Introduction

Abstract

At the Canadian Theological Society conference in May 2022, a roundtable convened to discuss Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous Peoples in Canada, offered in April 2022 in Rome. Each of the respondents, Archbishop Don Bolen (Regina, Saskatchewan), Dr. Christian Jamieson (Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec), Dr. Jeremy Bergen (Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ontario), and Rev. Daryold Winkler (Ottawa, Ontario), contributed insights and reflections from their own experiential and scholarly perspectives. Their contributions comprise the discussions that follow. Some of the respondents include reflections on the subsequent Papal visit to Canada in July 2022.