“An Australian priest draws parallels with the residential schools in Canada and Australia's stolen children and insists what was perpetrated was, and remains, totally inconsistent with the teachings of Christ”
“"Despite this historic apology, the Holy Father's statement has left a deep hole in the acknowledgement of the full role of the Church in the Residential School system, by placing blame on individual members of the Church," Sinclair said in a statement.”
“there are those who don't want to know anything about it, who feel that it is too late to apologize. On the other hand, there are those who hope that the presence of Pope Francis on Canadian soil might be the beginning of concrete action. But this would be only the beginning of a process.”
“"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," Pope Francis told a delegation of Aboriginal Canadians who were visiting Rome at the end of March and early April.”
“The purpose of the Canadians' visit is to personally inform the pope on the huge scandal that broke out a few years ago over the physical and sexual abuse that indigenous children suffered between 1830-1996 at Catholic-run boarding schools.”
“"We pray that Pope Francis' visit to Canada will be a significant milestone in the journey toward reconciliation and healing," he said The delegation to the Holy See will take place from December 17-20, 2021, ”
“In a gesture laying the groundwork for a papal apology to Canada's indigenous peoples, the Canadian bishops have again expressed remorse and asked forgiveness for the role Catholics played in the long, tragic saga of what have been called Indian Residential Schools. ”
“But they have grown appreciably worse after the discoveries of unmarked graves on the sites of former Indian residential schools in Kamloops, British Columbia, and Cowessess, Saskatchewan, in May and June. And there has plainly been an increase in anger across the nation:”
“If anything, what we are seeing now in Canada is how even sometimes well-meaning actions can be evil. To acknowledge the sins done in the name of our Church, and to model repentance and restitution for this sin, is not a betrayal of the Church. It is our only option for living the Gospel.”
“Catholics too were upset with the archbishop, according to the report. "Extremely disappointed. Sad. Offended. Embarrassed," said George Valin, a retired Ontario Superior Court judge, is one of them.”
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