“I want to tell you how very sorry I am and to ask for forgiveness for the evil perpetrated by not a few Catholics” who ran the residential schools Indigenous children were forced to attend, Pope Francis said in the Canadian Arctic.
Pope brings apology to Arctic Indigenous communities
Returning moccasins, pope apologizes for church role in residential schools
Pope Francis had described his visit to Canada July 24-29 as a “penitential pilgrimage” to ask forgiveness for the trauma inflicted on Indigenous children by too many of the priests and nuns who ran about 60% of the schools for the Canadian government.
First Nations delegation tells of hopes for upcoming meeting with pope
In one hour gathered in a room with Pope Francis, Dec. 20, 13 Assembly of First Nations delegates plan to lay down heavy burdens and raise up the hope of nations.