At the end of a week-long talks with representatives of indigenous communities from Canada, Pope Francis has issued an apology for the abuses at the hands of the clergy that took place in residential schools for over 100 years.

Pope Francis apologizes to indigenous people of Canada for “deplorable” atrocities by Roman Church missionaries over centuries.

A delegation representing indigenous Canadians during their visit to the Vatican urged Pope Francis to revoke 15th-century papal orders that justify the seizure of their land by colonial powers.

A member of the Provisional Council of Métis Nation of Ontario (PCMNO) says Canada’s infamous boarding schools were the shock troops of colonialism.

In upcoming meetings, Canadian indigenous leaders will seek the public apology over the Catholic Church’s abuse of native children in boarding schools.

Iran's president offers his congratulations to Pope Francis and all the Christians across the world on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ.

Pope Francis has condemned the exploitation of migrants for political purposes, warning that the Mediterranean “is becoming a grim cemetery without tombstones.”

A new report reveals that an estimated 216,000 children have been subjected to “systematic” abuse within the French Catholic Church over the past 70 years.

The head of a commission investigating abuses by church members says thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950.

Pope Francis has criticized the United States over its two-decade-long war in Afghanistan as an outsider's attempt to impose democracy on the country.