Pope set to make landmark apology in Canada

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 26, 2022 12:06 am

EDMONTON, Canada: Pope Francis will visit on Monday a former residential school in Canada where he is expected to make a historic personal apology to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over decades at the Catholic-run institutions.

The leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics arrived the previous day in the city of Edmonton for a six-day visit, which has long been awaited by the First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities.

APOLOGETIC ARGENTINIAN Pope Francis listens to Indigenous drummers as he is welcomed in Edmonton, Canada on Sunday, July 24, 2022 (July 25 in Manila). GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP

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