This Monday (25), Pope Francis asked for forgiveness “for the evil that so many Christians committed against the indigenous peoples” of Canada, on the first day of a visit focused on addressing decades of abuse committed by Catholic institutions (AFP).
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“The policies of assimilation and disengagement, which also included the residential school system, were harmful to the people of these lands,” acknowledged Francisco, addressing a crowd of indigenous people in Maskwacis, province of Alberta, site of a former residential school .
Boarding schools were administered by the Catholic Church and became Horrible centers of abuse, forced assimilation, cultural devastation, and death for over a century (G1).
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- Understand what residential schools in Canada were and how they worked, identified by the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a 'system of cultural genocide' (The New York Times 🚥).
- See the pontiff's full speech in Canada (The Globe and Mail).
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(Photo at top: AFP 25/7/22)
