Manitoba Residential School Survivors Hopeful About Pope's Visit, but Want a Say in Apology

CBC ^ | 6/1/22 | Holly Caruk

[marshmallow]

National Indian Residential School Circle of Survivors, Catholic bishops met to discuss Pope's apology

Residential school survivors met with Catholic bishops in Winnipeg Wednesday to discuss what they'd like to hear from Pope Francis when he visits Canada this summer.

The Pope is expected to apologize for the Roman Catholic Church's role in abuses suffered at the schools, but it's the wording of that apology that was the focus of discussions Wednesday morning.

After meeting over the last few days to discuss a draft of the apology, the National Indian Residential School Circle of Survivors met with three Catholic bishops in hopes they will take the feedback to the Pope himself.

"He's coming to our homeland, he's coming to Canada, he's coming to treaty land and he has to say 'I am sorry for what happened to your people and your children, on behalf of the Catholic Church,'" said survivor and former Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Ken Young.

First Nations, Métis and Inuit delegates met with Pope Francis in Vatican City in March, where he apologized for the conduct of some members of the Roman Catholic Church involved in Canada's residential school system.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is just like the Bubba Wallace noose extravaganza.

Proven false, but they continue to act as if it wasn’t.

[NorthMountain]

Josef Goebbels has many disciples around the world ... the man is dead and probably rotting in hell, but his foul legacy lives on.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Heaven forfend! The brutes were civilized.

Do they still want to be living in mud huts or igloos living on seal and walrus blubber?

[FoxInSocks]

If they’ve already written the apology, what do they need the pope for?

[Larry Lucido]

Isn’t this a case for home schooling? Hmmm.

[Bob434]

or the Derick Chauvin case- where they imprisoned an innocent man and the left and blm acts like it is justice