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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Mon Jul 25, 2022, 02:02 PM Jul 2022

Pope Francis' visit to Canada l WNT

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Pope Francis' visit to Canada l WNT (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Jul 2022 OP

Call me skeptical, but I do not see this as wnylib Jul 2022 #1

wnylib

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1. Call me skeptical, but I do not see this as

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Mon Jul 25, 2022, 10:06 PM

Jul 2022

an attempt by the pope to help heal the pain of Native people. I see it as a PR move for the Catholic Church's image.

Words are cheap. Back them with funds to pay for counseling not just for the former students who survived, but for their children and grandchildren who suffer from parents and grandparents whose ability to nuture and care was destroyed by church abuses. Give funds also to Native language recovery and preservation programs.

And make them no strings attached funds, for Native people to spend on THEIR choice of counselors, not some religious counselors sent by the Catholic church.

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