Pope Finally Gives Apology For Canadian Indigenous Residential Schools

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On April 1st, the Catholic Church finally issued an official apology after years of muted response to calls from Canadian indigenous leaders. The pope was addressing a delegate of survivors which included leaders of the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit community members. The apology came after multiple Canadian delegates met with Vatican officials and the pope to express their demand for an apology. In 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission declared that the residential school system was a cultural genocide which operated from 1883 to 1996. Catholic institutions ran more than two-thirds of those residential schools. The New York Times reported that the commission claimed that "at least 4,100 students died while attending the schools, many from mistreatment or neglect, others from disease or accident." In most of those cases, the families were not notified. The pope has plans to visit Canada and issue another apology. He said he intends to travel to Canada, where he "would be able better to express" his closeness.

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Pope Finally Gives Apology for Canadian Indigenous Residential Schools

Location: Vatican