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Pope Francis Apologizes For Harm Done To Indigenous Canadians At Residential Schools
By Jonah McKeown
In a speech in rural Canada before a crowd of indigenous Canadian people, Pope Francis publicly apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in running much of Canada’s government-sponsored residential school system.
During more than a century of operation, the system worked to stamp out aspects of native...