26-07-2022, 03:31 PM
The Pope has asked forgiveness from First Canadians & apologised for the years of abuse in residential schools. Around 3,000
are thought to have died as a result of these schools.
I suppose it's a start, which is better than nothing at all. It will be a fine day when humans stop oppressing & abusing others in the name of their particular brand of religion.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62296834
"[b]In his first public remarks in Canada, Pope Francis has asked indigenous residential school survivors for forgiveness.[/b]
"I am deeply sorry," the Pope said on the grounds of a former residential school in Maskwacis, near Edmonton.
He said his apology is a first step, and that a "serious investigation" into abuses must occur to foster healing.
The government-funded schools were part of a policy meant to destroy indigenous cultures and languages.
The papal apology was received by applause from survivors in the audience, some of whom travelled far to hear the Pope speak.
Pope Francis expressed "sorrow, indignation and shame" for the actions of many members of the Roman Catholic Church, who ran and operated majority of residential schools in Canada.
The 85-year-old Pope called the schools system a "disastrous error" and asked for forgiveness "for the evil committed by so many Christians" against indigenous peoples.
The Pope said he travelled to Canada with a small pair of moccasins gifted to him by an indigenous delegation in the Vatican earlier in the year.
The moccasins, which the Pope was asked to return, serve as a symbol for the children who attended residential schools and never came home.
He said the moccasins also "speak to us of a path to follow", - that of justice, healing and reconciliation.
The schools operated from the 1870s, with the last one closing in 1996. In that period, around 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were taken from their homes and placed in those schools."
are thought to have died as a result of these schools.
I suppose it's a start, which is better than nothing at all. It will be a fine day when humans stop oppressing & abusing others in the name of their particular brand of religion.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62296834
"[b]In his first public remarks in Canada, Pope Francis has asked indigenous residential school survivors for forgiveness.[/b]
"I am deeply sorry," the Pope said on the grounds of a former residential school in Maskwacis, near Edmonton.
He said his apology is a first step, and that a "serious investigation" into abuses must occur to foster healing.
The government-funded schools were part of a policy meant to destroy indigenous cultures and languages.
The papal apology was received by applause from survivors in the audience, some of whom travelled far to hear the Pope speak.
Pope Francis expressed "sorrow, indignation and shame" for the actions of many members of the Roman Catholic Church, who ran and operated majority of residential schools in Canada.
The 85-year-old Pope called the schools system a "disastrous error" and asked for forgiveness "for the evil committed by so many Christians" against indigenous peoples.
The Pope said he travelled to Canada with a small pair of moccasins gifted to him by an indigenous delegation in the Vatican earlier in the year.
The moccasins, which the Pope was asked to return, serve as a symbol for the children who attended residential schools and never came home.
He said the moccasins also "speak to us of a path to follow", - that of justice, healing and reconciliation.
The schools operated from the 1870s, with the last one closing in 1996. In that period, around 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were taken from their homes and placed in those schools."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)