EDMONTON, Alberta Pope Francis celebrated his first big Mass in Canada on Tuesday after his historic apology for the Catholic Church s role in severing generations of Indigenous family ties by participating in Canada s "catastrophic" residential school system.
MASKWACIS, Alberta Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church s cooperation with Canada s "devastating" policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today.
EDMONTON, Alberta Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma.
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