Pope Francis and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon shake hands following Simon’s speech during a ceremony in Quebec City on Wednesday, the fourth day of the Pope’s “pilgrimage of penance.” The pilgrimage is a six-day visit to Canada during which he is apologizing for the role some church members played in Canada’s residential school system. Francis is scheduled to end his visit in Iqaluit on Friday. (Photo courtesy of Vatican News/YouTube)
Head of Catholic Church repeats feelings of ‘shame and sorrow’ over church members’ role in ‘deplorable’ residential schools as papal tour moves to Quebec
Pope Francis again acknowledged the harm done to children forced to attend Canada’s residential schools during the second stop of his tour of the country Wednesday. “I renew my request for forgiveness for the wrong done by so many Christians to the Indigenous Peoples,” Francis said in Spanish during a speech in Quebec City that...
