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Evening Brief: Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope
By iPolitics. Published on Jun 29, 2021 6:21pm
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With a goal of pushing for an apology from Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools, national Indigenous leaders are set to meet with him at the Vatican in December. As CBC News reports, delegations of First Nations, Métis and Inuit will meet with him separately between Dec. 17 and Dec. 20, and then collectively on Dec. 20. “I’m hoping I can hear from the Pope that he understands the pain,” said David Chartrand, vice president of the Méti ....

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