Canada’s TRC calls separation of more than 150,000 indigenous children from their families between 1881 and 1996 ‘cultural genocide’
Pope Francis meets first nation Metis and Inuit indigenous community leaders in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada July 25 2022. Pictrue: AMBER BRACKEN/ REUTERS
Speaking near the site of a former school, the pope apologised for Christian support of the “colonising mentality” of the times. He called for a “serious investigation” of the so-called residential schools and more assistance to help survivors and descendants heal. The 85-year-old pope is making the weeklong tour of Canada to fulfil a promise he made to indigenous delegations that visited him this year at the Vatican, where he made the initial apology.
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