Pope Arrives In Canada To Apologize For Abuses

The Associated Press reports:

Pope Francis began a fraught visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma.

Francis flew from Rome to Edmonton, Alberta, where his welcoming party included Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mary May Simon, an Inuk who is Canada’s first Indigenous governor general.

The Canadian government has admitted that physical and sexual abuse were rampant in the government-funded Christian schools that operated from the 19th century to the 1970s.

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BREAKING: Pope Francis has landed in Canada to apologize to Indigenous people for abuses committed at Catholic-run residential schools.

Francis will meet with survivors on Monday near the site of a former residential school in Alberta. https://t.co/MHQd2BofYG

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 24, 2022