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'I am very sorry.' Pope apologizes for Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system
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'I am very sorry.' Pope apologizes for Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system
FromThis Matters
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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Guest: Brandi Morin, a French, Cree, Iroquois journalist from Treaty 6, reporting from Rome After a week of historic meetings between the Pope and 32 Métis, Inuit and First Nations delegates, a formal apology has been issued. To a crowd of nearly 200 on Friday morning, Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system. A system that ripped more than 150,000 indigenous children from their homes and placed them in the care of strangers. A system that led to the deaths of thousands of children, discovered in unmarked graves. Brandi Morin, a French, Cree, Iroquois journalist from Treaty 6, Alberta was in Rome, taking this moment in. This episode was produced by Saba Eitizaz, Alexis Green and Matthew Hearn
Released:
Apr 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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