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Emotions from the Inuit during Pope visit

30 July 2022
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2022-07-30 17:00

Pope Francis left Canada on Friday after delivering an apology to the Inuit people for the "evil" of Canada's residential schools. During his visit Francis thanked the school survivors for their courage in sharing their suffering, which he had heard for the first time this past spring when delegations of First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples traveled to the Vatican to seek an apology.

The visit capped an unusual tour designed specifically to give the pope opportunities to apologize to generations of Native peoples for the abuses and injustices they suffered and to assure them that he was committed to helping them reconcile their relationship with the Catholic Church.

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