Pope Francis has publicly apologized for the Catholic Church's role in the 'evil' committed against several generations of indigenous children at Canadian residential schools. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from VICE, NRO and WSJ:
against several generations of indigenous childrenThe Pope described his six-day visit to Canada as a "penitential pilgrimage" and expressed regret for the"many Christians who supported the colonizing mentality of the powers that oppressed the indigenous peoples." Between 1881 and 1996, Canada’s government and the Catholic Churchand sent them to residential schools.
A delegation of indigenous peoples with the Assembly of First Nations traveled to the Vatican in April and received an initial apology from the pope. Canada’s Catholic Church has nowto the indigenous groups affected by the"catastrophic" school policies and anticipated an additional $30 million in donations over the next five years.
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