Pope Francis to Pay Visit to Canada

Pope Francis will have a trip to Canada on Sunday for expressing apologies over the tragic crimes of the church in the Indigenous residential schools.

The Pope will have a week-trip in Canada, and it will be a “penitential pilgrimage” for asking for the forgiveness of the Canadians after unearthing the bodies of hundreds of Indigenous children who were oppressed by the Catholic missionaries.

This trip followed his previous public apology last April.

He issued an apology for the actions executed by some staff members of the Catholic Church residential schools of Canada against the indigenous children after a visit with delegations from the leaders of the indigenous Canadians.

The Pope expressed his “sorrow and shame” for how the indigenous people were treaded in Canada, saying: “For the deplorable conduct of those members of the Catholic Church, I ask for God’s forgiveness and I want to say to you with all my heart: I am very sorry. And I join my brothers, the Canadian bishops, in asking your pardon.”

The apology of the Head of the Catholic Church was demanded by delegations from the survivors of the residential schools in Canada who travelled to the Vatican to call for the Church’s apology.

Cassidy Caron, president of the Métis National Council, said on Monday after meeting the Pope: “While the time for acknowledgement, apology and atonement is long overdue, it is never too late to do the right thing.”