Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Catholic bishops in Canada apologized on Sept. 24 "unequivocally" to Indigenous peoples for the suffering endured in residential schools, just as Pope Francis prepares to meet with Indigenous leaders at the Vatican later this fall.

A report more than five years ago by a Truth and Reconciliation Commission detailed harsh mistreatment inflicted on Indigenous children at the institutions

On the bench opposite them would be the perpetrator who had committed the actual crime, and he would tell the story of how he and a certain colleague had stopped two boys on the side of the street, checked them, drove them somewhere in the dark and finished them off. He would reveal to the mother in detail how her son was actually murdered and where they buried his body.

More than 6,000 bodies in six mass graves were discovered in Burundi, authorities said on Feb. 15.

It is the largest discovery since excavations were launched last month to find victims of ethnic violence.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci met Pope Francis in the Vatican on Thursday, when among other issues, he informed the head of the Catholic Church about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, established earlier this year to encourage mutual forgiveness among Kosovo Albanians and Serbs.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said his proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission could help to stop ethnic hatred, although some experts have questioned his motives for establishing the body.

The Greek-Canadian Senator Leo Housakos delivered a speech in the Canadian Senate about the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontos from 1916 to 1923 and the need to be recognized by the Canadian government.

President Hashim Thaci announced a new Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which he said was intended to encourage mutual forgiveness among Kosovo’s Albanians and Serbs.