Posted on 07/25/2022 2:19:19 PM PDT by DFG
Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's 'catastrophic' policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations.
'I am deeply sorry,' Francis said to applause from school survivors and Indigenous community members gathered at a former residential school south of Edmonton, Alberta.
The visit, part of a greater tour across the country for the pontiff, marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church's missionary legacy in the Americas, and was spurred by Francis and the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at the school sites.
Four chiefs escorted the pontiff in a wheelchair to the site near the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School, and presented him with a feathered headdress after he spoke.
The historic statement saw the Holy Father label the school policy a 'disastrous error' - adding that it was incompatible with the Gospel and that further investigation and healing is needed.
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Maybe they weren’t Christians anymore than you are “ pope”.
Just cuz I sit in a McDonald’s doesn’t make me a big Mac.
Any such atrocities were NOT committed by Christians.
Good start. Next, apologize to the Jews. And give us our sacred artifacts back, that the Romans stole.
The Pope is basically admitting that he does not believe Jesus is the way to salvation. He needs to resign.
The devil is very strong in this phony Pope.
He’s sooooooo hip.
He needs a blanket party.
The church is dishing out mega bucks in reparations. In the meantime, USA priests have ruined thousands of lives...and he did nothing.
#whatafreak!
BS all the way through.
No bodies were found. The “bodies” they saw on ground penetrating radar were roots.
For the record, it was never proved that “thousands” of deaths occurred at these schools, let alone due to neglect or abuse. There were several articles posted on FR in recent weeks reporting this. No graves or bodies were ever found, only alleged.
They were not committed at all.
Further research discovered that the “bodies” they found were roots.
II wonder if he called Poco-uranus to apologize and offered her his support toward a presidential bid?
If you believe that, you also believe that no Christians went on The Crusades.
O M G!
He looks like one of The Indigenous Village Peoples.
Not forgiven?
Even on the graves that were discovered, it wasn’t proved that it was due to deliberate neglect nor that they were mostly children. Many people died during this time period of disease. Too bad, it wasn’t proven they were not white, then we could ignore them.
The Pope should apologize for his own sins.
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