‘I ask forgiveness’: Pope apologises for ‘deplorable evil’ of Canadian indigenous schools - Sydney Morning Herald

Pope Francis has apologised to Canada’s indigenous people on their land for the church’s role in schools where indigenous children were abused.

In the face of this deplorable evil, the church kneels before God and implores his forgiveness for the sins of her children. Between 1881 and 1996 more than 150,000 indigenous children were separate… [+2644 chars]

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