Interview with Chief Littlechild and Archbishop Smith on Reconciliation | @ArchEdmonton

[@6williamson]

It's humbling and an honor to see Chief Littlechild who both benefited from the schools (he is a lawyer, after all) and sees the problems and seeks hope in the future.

[@mechtildmorin5174]

Thank you for sharing and giving hope! Peace, love and respect to everyone!

[@jean-guydallaire6527]

Enjoyed your conversations on reconcilliation and your last word Chief Littlechild on what can I do "...listen to your call to action..." a wonderful message to reconcilliation.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

Thank you! The truth grants us the opportunity to experience God's Mercy, the Creator's goodness. ❤

[@maryanndeweerd2570]

Thankyou ⚔🙏 My condolences for the treacherous treatment your people have endured in the name of religious education. Much respect.

[@3abbosi]

In the beginning of his speech, the chief mentioned the world "reconciliation" more than once.... that's what we need... reconciliation not burning, vandalizing & creating more hate & divisiveness. As a Canadian of Christian Iraqi origin I never thought I'd see what's happening in Iraq, Syria & Egypt happening here in Canada... Churches burnt to the ground with the government doing absolutely nothing about it.

[@canadiangenocide9152]

Archbishop Smith, what is your stance on legal justice being brought by those who were involved in these residential schools and are still alive?

[@enslavedbytruth]

What are the charges?

[@johnm8078]

I would start with our current government. Canada didn't do this. The Canadian government did this. Let's start with the Trudeau family and the Pope.

[@terrygregg2858]

How could this have been a shock? So you turned a blind eye and deaf ear to the Truth and Reconciliation Report and the TRC - Calls to Action. Please pressure for a formal apology and meaningful reparation for each unmarked grave representing a child. The families/ancestors deserve compensation. Negotiate directly unencumbered by legal battles. Reconciliation starts with accountability. The RC Church remains the only church to have not made a formal apology.

[@abmf801]

That is not true... pope Benedict did it in 2009... research it!! www.ctvnews.ca/pope-apologizes-for-abuse-at-native-schools-1.393911

[@terrygregg2858]

@@abmf801 In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI “offered his sympathy and prayerful solidarity” to those who had been affected by the abuse at residential schools while speaking to a delegation from Canada's Assembly of First Nations. While he called the abuse “deplorable,” it was not considered an official apology.

[@abmf801]

Actually if you look at the ctv link I posted.. and after living on the reserve myself.. he did say I apologize!! It seems to me this comes up every time there is a newish pope.. www.ctvnews.ca/pope-apologizes-for-abuse-at-native-schools-1.393911

[@Paulus_Brent]

As a non-indigenous I have lots to learn about reconciliation, peace and compassion. If they would have done this to my community I suspect that I could not find that strength calling for a non violent dialog. The indigenous people have a lot to teach to the world!

[@milway7]

Thank you for this.

[@lindachristianson196]

Follow the law. Investigate and arrest all those responsible and/or aided and abetted In the deaths of the children. I’m Catholic and no organization or person(s) should be Above the Law.

[@lindachristianson196]

How many lives could have been saved and how much human suffering could have been avoided if the Catholic Church simply practiced what it preached?

[@johnofroncesvalles4255]

@@lindachristianson196 Our culture once embraced a negative re-inforcement pedagogical model so it wasn't an exclusive setting. I remember its use in the early days of my education, and thankfully, we have moved forward. As to abuse, let us pray for the victims of those who faced wickedness, were torn from their homes without consent, seek reconciliation, and learn for the lessons of the past to avoid past mistakes.

[@Daniellasanche]

With or without churches, residential schools and assimilating them into the new country had to happen. With or without the Christian faith, abuse still happens.

[@arnevontorgau9311]

Dear Chief J. Wilton, befor you as a representative of the victims call for reconcilliation all the crimes and murders under the roof of the roman catholic churches/schools in Canada have to be revealed and the names of the killers have to be published! Lets not talk about the crimes, but lets talk about reconcilliation is that the strategy you two offer? You need a truth and reconcilliation comittee like it happened in RSA not a fast coverup of the damage.

[@DS-jh7xy]

Diddler was disappointed when he found out he actually wasn't a little child...

[@caroleforster3117]

I admire Chief Littlechild for his patience and conciliatory attitude towards the Roman Catholic Church. In my opinion no reconciliation is possible until the Pope gives a sincere apology from the church and pays compensation for the criminal actions of supposedly "Christian" priests and nuns under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church.

[@leoespinoza3846]

Did the Pope tell the Canadian government to pass laws to put the indigenous children into residential schools? The Canadian government set up the residential schools and passed them on to the churches with inadequate funding. The missionaries who ran the schools believed that they could help the children by nurturing and educating them. They gave up ordinary lives to live in Christ - to see the face of Christ in every child under their care. They were primarily driven by Christian love. That some may have committed abuses does not make them all abusers. In hindsight, they should have let the Department of Indian Affairs run it themselves. Lacking in funds, they would not have been able to hire adequate teachers and staff to run the schools. I doubt if government employees could have endured the hardship conditions in the residential schools.

[@maryanndeweerd2570]

@@leoespinoza3846 great explanation!!

[@thuydao8945]

😅🌷

[@Jfish-tk7xs]

Chief Assimilation

[@elizabethsommers7486]

Yes the catholic church should pay apologize make amends and take responsibility they are complicit to abuse in residential schools the proof is in the dead bodies found

[@mariorizkallah5383]

lol no

[@stefannysimanjuntak2066]

*BARBARIC CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS* ⬇️⬇️ 1 samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. JOSHUA 6:21:And they utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. Deuteronomy 20:16: of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: MATTHEW 10:34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. LUKE:12:49: “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! Luke:12:51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. LUKE19:27: But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them-bring them here and kill them in front of me.’” MATTHEW:25:30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. *CHRISTIAN INVOLVEMENT* pray for children canada😭😭😭

[@douglasblack1501]

With catholic church,they are sorry they got caught,and they want forgiveness,the are not above the law,root out all.

[@titania145]

This archbishop needs to be removed , replace him with someone more caring and humble, who reflects better understanding of Jesus's teachings. 🙏🏻🤍🛐🕊️✝️

[@Eowyn3Pride]

This archbishop stated that we need to listen to our Indigenous leaders, because they have a hopeful wisdom to offer...🤔And you want to have him removed?

[@bencirobg]

Can you be more specific on your criticism? Archbishop Smith states that he has been and is being counselled by Chief Littlechild, that he has frequently met with First Nation Chiefs, has apologized for the Church's role and is being very active in moving forward, the same goal identified by Chief Littlechild. So, how is he not reflecting Jesus' teaching and what should he do better, in your view?