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OTTAWA - Pope Francis delivered a historic apology on Monday to survivors of Canada's residential schools. The majority of those government-funded institutions, in which thousands of Indigenous children suffered abuse and neglect, were run by the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis has left Edmonton's Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples. The pontiff gave an address to church members about reconciliation and received several gifts.
Manitoba advocates for Indigenous families welcome the new $20 billion settlement to compensate young people, but said more must be done to keep children with their families.