EDMONTON, July 26 — Pope Francis will say Mass for an expected crowd of 60,000 people today, his first big open-air event on a trip to Canada centred around apologising for the...
EDMONTON, July 26 — Pope Francis will say Mass for an expected crowd of 60,000 people today, his first big open-air event on a trip to Canada centred around apologising for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools that tried to erase native cultures.
Francis is expected to repeat his frequent appeals to younger generations to cherish their elders and learn from them, a custom still revered in indigenous communities but waning in many Western societies. The highlight yesterday, Francis’ first full day in Canada, was his visit to the city of Maskwacis, formerly home to two residential schools. There he issued an historic apology, calling the Church’s role in schools and the forced cultural assimilation they attempted a “deplorable evil” and “disastrous error”..
“You can’t just say, ‘I am sorry,’ and walk away. There has to be effort, and there has to be work in more meaningful actions behind words,” said Nakota Sioux Nation Chief Tony Alexis.
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