Pope Francis say the residential school system and its forced assimilation of Indigenous children amounts to genocide:
Pope Francis held a press scrum on his flight from Iqaluit to Rome on Friday, following a six-day trip to Canada, when he apologized for wrongdoings by 'many members of the Church.'
Over the last week, the Pope visited Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit on a "penitential pilgrimage" of healing, reconciliation and hope between the Catholic Church and Indigenous people. A person holds a protest sign during a community event for Pope Francis in the square outside Nakasuk Elementary School in Iqaluit on Friday.
In his multiple speeches over the week, Pope Francis described the school system as a policy of assimilation and enfranchisement, and that it harmed families by undermining their language, culture, and worldview.
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