The pope's apology in Canada was historic, but for some Indigenous people, not enough
Francis issued the apology years after a Canadian-government-funded report said children had been physically and sexually abused at the mostly Catholic-run schools in the country.
Updated July 25, 2022 at 7:10 PM ET
Years after a Canadian-government-funded commission issued findings detailing a history of physical and sexual abuse of Indigenous children in the country's Catholic-run residential schools, Pope Francis on Monday issued an apology on Canadian soil.
"I am sorry," the pope said, speaking in Maskwacis, Alberta, at the lands of four Cree nations.
"I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples," Francis said to try to locate unmarked graves of students who died while attending the school.
