WARNING: Video contains content that may be triggering to some viewers. Discretion is advised. Pope Francis delivered a historic apology for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools during a meeting with Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alta. “I am deeply sorry. Sorry for the ways in which regrettably many Christians supported the colonizing mentality of the powers that oppressed the Indigenous peoples,” Pope Francis said through a translator.
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