The Indigenous chiefs of the area where Pope Francis is expected to apologize for his church’s role in an abusive residential-school system are warning anyone wishing to participate in a Freedom Convoy-like protest to stay away.
The Indigenous chiefs of the area where Pope Francis is expected to apologize for his church’s role in an abusive residential-school system are warning anyone wishing to participate in a“Your agendas do not have a place at these events, and we wish that you respect our Territories, our community, and other First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples’ opportunity for healing,” reads the statement from the Maskwacis chiefs released Friday afternoon.
Francis is expected to make his first stop there on Monday, July 25, when he will visit the site of a former residential school.
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