Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By NICOLE WINFIELD, ROB GILLIES and PETER SMITH

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma.

Francis kissed the hand of a residential school survivor as he was greeted at the Edmonton, Alberta, airport by Indigenous representatives, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mary Simon, an Inuk who is Canada’s first Indigenous governor general.

The gesture set the tone of what Francis has said is a “penitential pilgrimage” to atone for the role of Catholic missionaries in the forced assimilation of generations of Native children — a visit that has stirred mixed emotions across Canada as survivors and their families cope with the trauma of their losses and receive a long-sought papal apology.

Francis had no official events scheduled Sunday, giving him time to rest before his meeting Monday with survivors near the site of a former residential school in Maskwacis, where he is expected to pray at a cemetery and apologize.



Pope Francis kisses hand to Canadian Indigenous woman as he arrives at Edmonton's International airport, Canada, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Pope Francis begins a weeklong trip to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for the abuses committed by Catholic missionaries in the country's notorious residential schools. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)


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[moondust]

1. SCOTUS Catholics must be so proud

to carry on their holy legacy of oppression.

[PlutosHeart]

2. I like Francis. Very much.

He has done some things that fly in total opposition to the US conservative R-Wing Catholics.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Religion was a leading spear of conquest for exploration everywhere

[Captain Zero]

4. He could come apologize in the US too.

For his fucking church minions invading our government and taking away our constitutional rights.

On second thought I hope I never see one of these high hat fucks in the US again.

[Skittles]

9. THANK YOU

FUCK THAT GUY

[Steve Canuck]

12. Canada is footing the bill

Whenever the pope travels through a city, they shutdown streets and blocks at a time, with the residents holding the bill. Wish we treated all religions equally and didn't engage in favoritism.

[sop]

5. The Roman Catholic Church has a lot to apologize for.

[OneBro]

6. Apologies, thoughts and prayers.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to compensate for past evils, but spending some of those holy billions in the indigenous communities for premium education and health care (I know it's Canada) and housing, etc. would go a lot further than "Sorry, we did evil in the past (repeatedly) in the name of the same god we represent now, but look at all the good we do now (not counting covering up thousands of child rapes committed by priests who got relocated to parishes in developing nations where they could rinse and repeat)."

[jcgoldie]

7. Maybe that fucker should go to Ukraine and apologize

...for saying that Russia was justified in perpetuating genocide.

[TlalocW]

8. So are the tribes not thinking of suing the church or has

The Canadian statute of limitations for such crimes come and gone? Normally, the reaction to something like what happened is for the church to start hiding its assets, but if they're monetarily off the hook, then some empty words from the head guy before returning to business as usual is a good way to pretend that he's actually doing something.

[twodogsbarking]

10. The biggest lie.

[Javaman]

11. is there a popeplane? does it have a bubble too? nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. The papal plane, an Airbus A330-202 fitted by the Italian company ITA, ...

https://aleteia.org/2022/07/24/pope-departs-for-canada/

The papal plane, an Airbus A330-202 fitted by the Italian company ITA, will allow the Pontiff to make all of his trips in conditions adapted to his mobility problems – he is expected to appear most of the time in a wheelchair because of his knee pain.

https://aerovek.com/lounge/post.php?pid=4217