A new generation of Aboriginal leadership is not seeking reconciliation as much as redress
First, that the Holy Father was moved by the testimonies he heard from the Indigenous delegates he encountered. That will form the foundation for a trip to Canada, widely expected this year — “not in the winter” the Argentinian joked about travelling to the northern end of the Americas — and anrelated to residential schools. It will be the in-Canada complement to the apology already given in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
Reconciliation requires “forgiveness from both parties” said Inuit delegation member Martha Grieg after her meeting with the Pope on Monday. There are more than two parties though; there are several parties with competing agendas, and not all of them are seeking reconciliation. Nothing made that more clear than the presence of former Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine in Rome and the absence of the current AFN national chief, RoseAnne Archibald, who refused to join the delegation to meet Pope Francis.Raymond J. de Souza: First Nations bring painful stories to Pope Francis in hopes of a new beginning
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