• Francis Calls Abuse of Indigenous People in Canada a ‘Genocide’

    ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis has called the devastation visited on generations of Indigenous people in Canada by European colonizers — carried out with the blessing of the Roman Catholic Church — a “genocide” as he returned to Rome after a six-day trip to the North American country. As well as again denouncing…

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  • Several People Are Injured in Shootings in British Columbia

    Several people were injured and one man was in custody after shootings in at least three locations outside Vancouver, British Columbia, on Monday morning, the police said. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured or whether anyone had been killed in the shootings, which prompted the authorities to send emergency alerts to…

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