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Brandi Morin

Pope visits Canada to mend fences with Indigenous communities

Sister Monika from the Congregation of Sisters of Merciful Jesus and Marcel Soosay prepare the church ahead of the visit of Pope Francis to Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada [Amber Bracken/Reuters]

Pope Francis will arrive in Canada on Sunday to commence a cross-country trip to seek penance for the devastation the Catholic Church inflicted upon Indigenous peoples who attended abusive Indian Residential Schools.

Following a historic apology given by the pontiff to Indigenous delegates and survivors of the notorious schools in Rome in April, the Roman Catholic pope announced his desire to “meet and embrace” the Indigenous community.

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