Returning moccasins, pope apologizes for abuse of Indigenous children
Addressing thousands in Maskwacis, Pope Francis gave a formal apology for the church’s role in Canada’s residential schools
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Addressing thousands in Maskwacis, Pope Francis gave a formal apology for the church’s role in Canada’s residential schools
MASKWACIS, Alberta (CNS) -- The first step of Pope Francis' 'penitential pilgrimage' to Canada involved him returning two pairs of children's moccasins. The little shoes were not among the Indigenous artifacts held in the Vatican Museums, but rather reminders that Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier of the Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan had left with Pope Francis in March so he would think and pray about the children who went to residential schools and, especially, about those who never