Pope Francis will travel to Canada in an attempt at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, but the belated reaction has only widened a rift between many parishioners and church leaders
near a former residential school, found using ground-penetrating radar. It was
Numerous churchgoers were already on the case. Paul Schmidt, a retired Catholic school principal from Toronto, wrote to 22 bishops setting out three demands: a “full-throated and unequivocal apology,” financial restitution and efforts to educate Catholics about the ills of residential schools. CCCB spokesman Jonathan Lesarge says the organization’s recent actions have been “driven by the profound desire of Catholics to walk in solidarity with the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples of this land.”
Last summer, the lifelong Catholic co-authored a petition urging the CCCB to invite the Pope to Canada for an apology. Around 59,000 supporters soon backed it.
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