They also prayed for the intercession of the departed who are not saints, among them the late Cardinal George Pell of Sydney.

Hearings related to a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging the provincial and federal governments failed First Nations in Manitoba by mismanaging the child-welfare system began in court Monday.

Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nation voted against accepting $47.8 billion settlement agreement on long-term reform of First Nations child and family services. Chiefs of the Assembly of First ...