Indigenous leaders hope Vatican continues reconciliation efforts advanced by Francis

Indigenous Catholics hope the next pope shares Francis’ approach to

SIMOJOVEL: At a recent service in the remote southern Mexican community of Simojovel, Catholic and Mayan symbolism mingled at the altar as the deacon — his wife beside him — read the gospel in his native Tsotsil and recalled Pope Francis’ teachings: work together for human rights, justice and Mother Earth. The scene in the small church in Mexico’s poorest state, Chiapas, conveyed much of the message Francis delivered during his 2016 trip to the…

The next pope will inherit Pope Francis’ mixed legacy with Indigenous people

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The next pope will inherit Pope Francis' mixed legacy with Indigenous people

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people throughout the Americas.

Indigenous peoples in Brazil lament the death of Pope Francis

SÃO PAULO – Among the social groups that have lamented Pope Francis’s death in Brazil, the Indigenous peoples seem to be especially impacted, with public pronouncements from several important leaders over the past week. Cacique Raoni Metuktire, one of the major advocates of Indigenous rights and environmental protection in the South American country, said he and Francis were friends, but he didn’t know that the pontiff was sick. “We talked about…

Canada's Indigenous leaders on losing Pope Francis: 'An ally and a friend'

By Nicole Thompson and Cassandra Szklarski

The indigenous leaders present in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis hope that the Vatican will continue to promote the reconciliation efforts that he defended during his pontificate.