‘A disastrous error’: Pope Francis issues apology to residential school survivors in Canada
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, chair of the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation's governing circle, says an apology has the potential to 'change the story' if it is backed by concrete actions.
The residential school system was “a disastrous error incompatible with the gospels of Jesus Christ,” said Pope Francis as part of a historic apology he issued on behalf of the Catholic Church on Monday to survivors of the residential school system in Canada.
The Pope gave the apology at the si...
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