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Apology must be ‘the beginning and not the end,’ says Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister
Pope Francis is leaving Maskwacis after giving a formal apology for residential schools. The pontiff spent about 90 minutes in the Indigenous community south of Edmonton.Church of Sacred Heart in Edmonton. A headdress is placed on the head of Pope Francis following his apology for the residential school system at Maskwacis on July 25, 2022.The crowd applauded as Chief Littlechild, a former Truth and Reconciliation commissioner, placed the traditional and sacred item on the Pope’s head.
The policies were a “disastrous error” incompatible with the gospel of Jesus Christ, he said, adding that Indigenous peoples continue to pay the price.
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