Posted on 04/02/2022 6:07:03 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Pope met with Aboriginal representatives and apologized for abuses committed by some members of the Catholic Church in the past.
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis spoke to and met with individuals speaking on behalf of Canadian Aboriginal groups on Friday. He apologized on behalf of the Church for any wrongdoing done to native Canadians by Catholics in the past.
The Pope held private meetings with representatives of the various tribes and groups and listened to their stories.
About the encounters, he said: “I was able to enter into and be deeply grieved by the stories of the suffering, hardship, discrimination and various forms of abuse that some of you experienced, particularly in the residential schools.”
The Residential School system was a system of boarding schools funded by the Canadian government over a series of decades in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some schools were run by Catholic religious orders, and others were not.
Pope Francis also indicated he plans to visit Canada in July, possibly arriving for the feast of St. Anne on July 26. He said on Friday during an audience with the native Canadian representatives: “It gives me joy, for example, to think of the veneration that has spread among many of you for St. Anne, the grandmother of Jesus. This year I would like to be with you during those days.”
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Will natives apologize for claiming “mass graves” on school property when they had no proof?
Were the nuns rapping their knuckles. Nasty habit.
You can only apologize for the damage you do not for past Popes
It was fake news!
Why don’t they apologize to everyone, just for fun.
Bergoglio apologizes for everyone except for himself and his cabal of homosexual prelates.
Does anyone still believe Rome represents a Church who is walking the in the steps of Jesus, they care more about the material world instead of the spiritual one where we will live in eternal life with Christ.
Every time I read an article about the Dopey Pope, it sounds like The Bee. The guy is nuts.
But they still haven't admitted they were wrong
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