After private meetings between Pope Francis and First Nations, Inuit and Metis delegates this week, all parties met the Pope at the Vatican on Friday."I want to say to you with all my heart, I am very sorry," he said in translated remarks.Beginning in the late 1800s, approximately 150,000 Indigenous children were separated from their families and forced to attend residential schools, facilities that aimed to replace their languages and culture with English and Christian beliefs.
Numerous cases of abuse and at least 4,100 deaths have been documented at the former residential schools, where thousands of confirmed and unmarked graves have been found. Canada’s last residential school closed in 1996. Since the late 1980s, several apologies have been made by different church groups, including former prime minister Stephen Harper in 2008 and the RCMP in 2004 and 2014 -- each acknowledging their role in the operation of residential schools.
In 2017, during a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the head of the Catholic Church to apologize for its involvement in Canada's residential school system. But the following year, the church issued a letter stating the Pope would not deliver an apology.With files from The Canadian Press, CTV National News' Donna Sound and Creeson Agecoutay, as well as CTVNews.
Now Justin Trudeau to apologize for his father's role in residential schools
Let’s hope & 🙏 the apology, which I believe to be from the♥️& not a strategic move, is an important & necessary 1st STEP & now yes compensation to ALL those who suffe🙏🧡
LOL.. and it means absolutely nothing!
Feared this was an ugly April Fools joke. I am beyond happy to be proven wrong. Better check on the Vatican lawyers to see if they’re still alive. They are not big on Mea Culpa. Saying ‘sorry costs $. Saying ‘so sorry’ costs more $$$. So long overdue. All church victims next.
You almost had us with that once. April Fools day funny hat man
And that is enough?
Umm. It’s April fools. Worst day to announce this. And I’m assuming this isn’t a joke because if it is CTV is gonna get cancelled so fast…
This isn’t an April fools joke is it?
The indigenous only had to cope with a school system that tried to erase their culture. Today we have a school system that's trying to erase our gender. cdnpoli onpoli
I hope this helps victims cope a little better. I also hope it points out the farce that is organized religion. It does not deserve a pedestal.
Second Apology. I guess when you put out so much you forget easily
Why even ask him to come if you never planned to accept the apology anyway. Why don't you admit that it was really only about the money.
Means absolutely nothing…nada..Easter egg!!!!
Better late then never, will the Pope apologize again in Canadian soil and immediately release some compensation for the sin they did. They are quite rich and can afford to pay reasonable compensation, the church earned a lot running residential schools from Canadian tax payers
Well, that fixes everything. 🙄🤬
It doesn't matter how many apologies you get or who gives them, you can't change history.
I'm not an RC but you have to give this man a lot of credit for stepping up because he cares.
I apologize for all those that voted Trudeau….. see how that works, means nothing.
Now imagine this is an April fool's joke.
April fools?
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Terrible April's Fools joke, we all know he wouldnt do that.
show them the money, or did Stephen Harper wreck that forever?
But, the pope refuses to change church doctrine that produces pedophile preists
April fools
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