Pope Francis arrived in Iqaluit on Friday for the final leg of a historic tour..
The brief visit to Nunavut’s capital marks the first time a pope has travelled to the territory.
“Residential school was a way of taking away our culture and language. But, today is history,” she said.Article contentFrancis was also to give a speech, interpreted into Inuktitut, before boarding a plane back to Rome in the evening. Residential school survivors wearing ribbon skirts and an elder holding a feather were among the Indigenous delegation who had a 45-minute private audience with the Pope.tap here to see other videos from our teamIn an address to open the meeting, the pontiff told them he’d come to Canada in a “spirit of penance” to apologize for the wrongs inflicted upon them by “not just a few Catholics.
The delegation included survivors and representatives of First Nations across Eastern Canada, some of whom could be seen presenting the Pope with gifts.
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