MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's "catastrophic" policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forc.
Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's "catastrophic" policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations.
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When Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous groups on Canadian soil this week, he will make another effort toward healing harms inflicted at church-run residential schools and add to the Catholic Chu.
Pope Francis visits Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church's historic abuse of indigenous people in residential schools across the country. The apology has been a long-sought acknowledgment of Indigenous people that suffered for years under the church.