Pope Francis gestures during the general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on October 27, 2021.
“His Holiness has indicated his willingness to visit the country on a date to be settled in due course.” The move followed the discovery of more than 1,200 unmarked graves at three sites where indigenous children were forced to attend the schools. Some 150,000 Indian, Metis and Inuit children were enrolled from the late 1800s to the 1990s in 139 of the residential schools across Canada, spending months or years isolated from their families.
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