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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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Pope Francis is expected to deliver an apology long demanded by Canada’s Indigenous communities.
OTTAWA — Pope Francis, on his first full day in Canada on Monday, is expected to apologize to Indigenous communities for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the country’s notorious residential school system, where thousands of Indigenous children died, and countless others were sexually and physically abused. The pope’s six-day visit comes after years of…
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Pope Apologizes in Canada for Schools That Abused Indigenous Children
MASKWACIS, Alberta — Pope Francis offered a sweeping apology directly to Indigenous people on their land in Canada on Monday, fulfilling a critical demand of many of the survivors of church-run residential schools that became gruesome centers of abuse, forced assimilation, cultural devastation and death for over a century. “I humbly beg forgiveness for the…
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Pope Francis Will Travel to Canada to Apologize to Indigenous Community
OTTAWA — Pope Francis is traveling to Canada this week to apologize to Indigenous communities for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the country’s notorious residential school system, where thousands of Indigenous children died, and countless others were sexually and physically abused. The visit comes after years of pleas from Indigenous leaders and leading politicians…
