Thursday, September 24, 2015

Aboriginal groups want to meet the Pope over residential schools

Mark Kennedy, Ottawa Citizen
Residential school survivor Lorna Standingready is comforted by a fellow survivor during the closing ceremony of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS
 Canada’s top aboriginal chief and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission have asked to meet Pope Francis during his trip to the United States this week to discuss their call for an apology from the Catholic Church over its role in the residential school system...Continue reading...

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