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Pope set for historic apology for school abuses in Canada


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MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis arrived Monday at the site of a former Indigenous residential school to deliver long-awaited apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s policy of forcibly assimilating Native peoples into Christian society that led to generations of trauma and abuse.

https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-canada-apology-visit-137ad23719603e9d370257f257ec0163?

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Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada

MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations.

https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-canada-apology-visit-137ad23719603e9d370257f257ec0163?

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