Posted on 07/28/2022 7:14:17 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Canadian government says Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses they suffered in the country’s church-run residential schools didn’t go far enough
QUEBEC CITY -- The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn't go far enough, suggesting that reconciliation over the fraught history is still very much a work in progress.
The official government reaction came as Francis arrived in Quebec City for meetings with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon at her Quebec residence, the hilltop Citadelle fortress, on the second leg of Francis' week-long visit to Canada.
The government's criticisms echo those of some survivors and concern Francis' omission of any reference to the sexual abuse suffered by Indigenous children in the schools, as well as his original reluctance to name the Catholic Church as an institution bearing responsibility.
Francis has said he is on a “penitential pilgrimage” to atone for the church’s role in the residential school system, in which generations of Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their homes and forced to attend church-run, government-funded boarding schools t o assimilate them into Christian, Canadian society. The Canadian government has said physical and sexual abuse were rampant at the schools, with students beaten for speaking their native languages.
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yep, you need to show the money...and put in a Native American Bishop..
We wantum wampum.
So when is this lowlife scumbag Marxist thug going to come to Alaska and apologize to the Alaska Native community for all the pain and anguish inflicted on their communities by all the pedophile priests that were banished to Alaska after being caught in the Lower 48?
Vast land should be set aside as the rightful home of the indigenous and their progeny.. had they not been murdered. The best land, enough to accommodate the scores of million there might have been.
Reparations for generations of the never mortal, now!
Of course it isn’t.
The Pope shouldn’t have apologized at all.
So when does the Vatican apologize for the Ustashe in Croatia?
How is the Canadian Gov’t not responsible for [lack of?] supervision of these schools?
Never apologize it’s a sign of weakness , Captain Brittles ,LOL
I believe grade school education is compulsory in every US state, along with paying the property tax for it.
Since when does Canada decide what’s enough... Take a deep look into Canada and how they treat, as they put it, “off whites” in this present day. Shut up Canada.
Hopefully never
“Of the 53 pupils at the school at the time of the Brontës, seven died, and others were sent home severely ill who may also have died. This wasn’t the end of deaths during Wilson’s career as a headmaster, indeed they occurred continually throughout his decades in this role. By 1840, 15 years after the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth Brontë, Wilson had moved his school to Casterton in Westmorland. The Leeds Intelligencer of 25th January 1840 reports that 70 pupils at the school were now suffering from typhoid, and that three had recently died.”
https://www.annebronte.org/2018/05/06/in-memoriam-maria-bronte-and-elizabeth-bronte/
The Canadian government won’t take the Church to court, because then they would have to prove the atrocities actually occurred.
The Fascists have spoken.
Never ever apologize. Never ever
“We sincerely apologize for ever taking a penny of ‘effing taxpayer money to do the government’s dirty work. Now shut the hell up and go deal with this nonsense yourself, Justine.”
‘zactly !
Show me the MONEY !!
(Rome’s got Plenty of it.)
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