After meeting with delegations of Inuit, Métis and First Nations, the Pope said he felt 'sorrow and shame for the role that a number of Catholics' played in residential school abuses.
Some Mi'kmaq have turned away from the Roman Catholic Church over the discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools, but others have maintained their faith.
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A school in Cape Breton has teamed up with First Nations communities to create an interactive path to help teach students and the community more about truth and reconciliation.