During his much-anticipated six-day trip to Canada, which he called a “penitential pilgrimage,” Pope Francis offered heartfelt apologies for the Church’s role in the abuses committed at Canada’s residential schools, where, for over a century, the Canadian government had a policy of
Earlier this month, after meeting with representatives of Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Métis, Pope Francis offered a heartfelt apology for the ghastly abuses of Indigenous children that were perpetrated in Canada’s residential schools. On April 1, the pope confessed that he
The Vatican recently announced that Pope Francis plans to visit Canada at some point in the near future in order to assist in the reconciliation process over the Church’s role in the abusive residential school system. In a new essay for Our
The headlines coming out of Canada over the past several months have been nothing short of horrific: Hundreds of children who were once students at residential schools run by the Church found in unmarked graves. In a new analysis for Our Sunday