The Pope's Visit to Canada

This is the public apology for the role that the Catholic Church played in Canada’s residential school system during the Pope’s visit to the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School in Maskwacis, AB.

Apology:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2490281&jwsource=cl

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'I've waited 50 years for this apology,' says residential school survivor on Pope's statement

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Reactions to Pope's historic apology to Canada's indigenous people

Reauters - Here are some reactions to Pope's apology.

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Pope's apology doesn't acknowledge church's role as 'co-author' of dark chapter:

Murray Sinclair Former senator Murray Sinclair was the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2009 to 2015. He says the apology the Pope delivered Monday for the role Catholics played in Canada's residential school system was lacking. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)

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