Pope Francis officially apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system, capping off a historic week in the Vatican. President of the Inuit Tapiritt Kanatami, Natan Obed, was among the Indigenous delegates who traveled to Rome to meet with the Pope and hear the apology. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson gets Obed’s thoughts on the apology and asks him what he wants to see from the church going forward.
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