– I humbly beg your pardon – VG

IN CANADA: Pope asks for forgiveness after Catholic Church runs assimilation schools on behalf of Canadian authorities. Photo: Gregorio Borgia/AP Many thousands of Indigenous children died and even more were abused in residential schools run by the Catholic Church in

Criticized after an apology

Monday was a historic day for Indigenous people in Canada, when Pope Francis asked for forgiveness from Indigenous Canadians who were abused in Catholic residential schools. It was during a visit to one of the aforementioned former boarding schools in