‘Work to be done’: 1 year after residential schools apology, Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery

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Around this time last year, Métis historian and educator Mitchell Case exited the grounds of St. Peter’s Basilica, one of the holiest Catholic shrines in the world, after just having met Pope Francis.

In a news conference televised all over the world, wearing beadwork of his own design, and through tears, Case lauded the courage and persistence of Métis