Prelates echo refrain for accountability

Bishop John Corriveau impressed by aboriginal commitment to rebuild families

Bishop Gary Gordon of Whitehorse carves a piece of cedar in the PNE Agrodome Sept. 18. "I've been involved in this whole process of reconciliation for 25 years," he commented. Four other B.C. bishops attended the first day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission event in Vancouver. Alistair Burns / The B.C. Catholic.

Five Catholic bishops brought unique, straightforward, and apologetic points of view to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Sept. 18-21 in Vancouver. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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