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EDMONTON — Tens of thousands of people are expected to fill Edmonton's football stadium today to take part in a public mass with Pope Francis.
Later in the day the pontiff is expected to travel to Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, to take part in the community's annual pilgrimage, which regularly welcomes tens of thousands of Indigenous participants. "In the face of this deplorable evil, the church kneels before God and implores his forgiveness for the sins of her children … I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous Peoples," Francis said Monday through a translator at the community's powwow grounds.She said the Vatican needs to hand over the documents it has related to the identities of students who went to the institutions.
"You can't just say I'm sorry and walk away. There has to be effort. There has to be work, and more meaningful action behind it."
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