On a visit to Canada, the Pope has apologised to Indigenous peoples for abuse in church-run schools
Pope Francis has made a historic visit to Canada to apologise to Indigenous peoples for the abuse missionaries gave them in residential schools.
The pontiff will spend the next week on a “pilgrimage if penance,” in an effort to atone for the Catholic Church’s grim reputation in the nation.
The visit, named Walking Together, is the first to Canada in two decades, and centres mostly around reconciliation and recognition of the harm caused by the church-run school system.
And on the papal plane trip from Rome to Canada, the Pope told journalists that he yearns to visit Ukraine.
Reports say he has a great desire to go to Kyiv soon after his Canada trip.
Francis has repeatedly condemned the now 5-month old Russian war on Ukraine, saying Moscow’s actions is a “cruel and senseless war of aggression.”
