Canadian Church burnings tied to unproven discovery of unmarked graves

Canadian Church burnings tied to unproven discovery of unmarked graves Pope Francis prays in front of a banner bearing the names of each of the 4,120 Indigenous children and the residential school where they died, in this photo from his visit to in Maskwacis, Alberta, July 25, 2022. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media

Quinton Amundson According to the Catholic Civil Rights League’s database, at least 85 Catholic churches have been set ablaze or vandalised since the unproven discovery May 27, 2021, of 215 suspected unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Police are investigating the latest victimised house of worship, St Gabriel Catholic Mission Church in…

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