A member of a Canadian Indigenous delegation to the Vatican chants and dances during an audience with Pope Francis, who at the meeting pledged to visit Canada and apologize for abuses at state residential schools run by the church. Photo: Handout / VATICAN MEDIA/AFPSource: AFPPope Francis's upcoming visit to Canada, where he is expected to apologize to Indigenous peoples for more than a century of abuses at state schools run by the Church, has provoked hope but also wariness. Elisapie Isaac poses at Jarry Park in Montreal, Quebec, on June 15 ahead of Pope Francis'visit to Canada, where he is expected to offer an apology to Indigenous peoples for more than a century of abuses at state schools run by the church. Willie Littlechild says it has been "a long road" from the Ermineskin 138 reserve in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada to the Vatican where Pope Francis pledged to visit Canada to offer an apology for abuses at former Indigenous residential schools run by the church. The occasional church-goer says of Francis's visit: "It's a good thing... because if he didn't this question would always remain outstanding."

Source: Daily Nation July 21, 2022 05:30 UTC