The Pope will respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s request and apologize for abusing Inuit, Métis and First Nations children in boarding schools run by Christian associations
An open wound from the middle of the nineteenth century. The boarding school system for Inuit, Métis, and First Nations boys and girls, among others, has been officially in force in Canada since 1883.
Since its establishment, a significant portion of the 139 boarding schools have been in the hands of Christian institutions. About 50 per church congregations
The Pope has already spoken to these victims and survivors at the Vatican, and in an unprecedented gesture, he will do so again in their lands to show that, as he said this week, “zero tolerance” for abuses has become “irreversible.”
Since its establishment, a significant portion of the 139 boarding schools have been in the hands of Christian institutions. About 50 per church congregations
The Pope has already spoken to these victims and survivors at the Vatican, and in an unprecedented gesture, he will do so again in their lands to show that, as he said this week, “zero tolerance” for abuses has become “irreversible.”
An open wound from the middle of the nineteenth century, when the then European Canada increasingly sought the homogeneity of the nascent society that was developing from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A wound caused, on many occasions, by Christian institutes that were subjected to abuse of all kinds and miserable living conditions to indigenous children who were forced to attend these kinds of centers. Forced “transformation” towards the theoretical alienation of their habits. An idea of society based more on the sphere than on the polyhedron that Francis so often proclaims. And so on The Pope will respond with his body at the age of eighty-fivehe underwent colon surgery in 2021 and pulled out the known problems in his right knee, The request made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015 For the head of the Catholic Church in the North American country to come to apologize to the victims.
“I ask forgiveness of God” and “I join my fellow Canadian bishops in apologizing.”The Argentine Pope told the three representatives of the peoples who visited him in Rome at the beginning of April in what was a first preview of the apology and the strong self-criticism he is expected to deliver when he visits the North American country between April 24 and 29. . from july.
The The boarding school system for boys and girls of the Inuit, Métis and First Nations peoples Among other things, it has been officially in force in Canada since 1883, when that school system was established He sought to assimilate the indigenous people into the uses and customs of society increasingly Europed which grew in Canada, although there were records of establishments operating as early as 1831. As of 1920, attendance for Aboriginal peoples from 7 to 16 years old became mandatory.
since its inception, Good part of 139 boarding schools through which about 150,000 . passed It was in the hands of Christian institutions. about 50 Of these centers, it is estimated, were managed by church congregations.
a) yes, Visit Jorge BergoglioDuring which the Pope will travel 19,246 kilometers to visit the cities of Edmonton, Quebec and Iqaluit, One of the 94 points claimed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015 Which, with the participation of indigenous people and survivors, was established by the Canadian government to document the history of suffering in Christian boarding schools.
We call on the Pope To issue an apology to survivors, their families and their communities Concerning the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children in Catholic-run boarding schools”, point 58 of the letter has claimed, By demanding that the apology be “by the Pope in Canada”.
First Nations, or “First Nations”Representing groups or “gangs” It existed in the territory before the arrival of the Europeans It currently gathers about 634 groups dealing with 50 languages.
In 2016, a census conducted by indigenous peoples determined their total population 977,230 people across the country, Mainly in the West.
The other major groups are the Métis (“mestizos”)born of the encounter between the indigenous population and the first wave of European immigration, which Six years ago, they numbered 587,545 people.
third town, huskyCompatible with Residents of the Scandinavian part of the country, roughly in the Arctic Circleso much so that many of his 65,025 people They also consider themselves Eskimos.
In this context, the month-end trip was barely confirmed and after asking for amnesty at the beginning of April, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that “His Holiness’ visit would not be possible without the courage and determination of the survivors, the indigenous leaders and youth who shared their stories.” The Pope has already spoken to these victims and survivors in the Vatican And in an unprecedented gesture, They will do it again in their own territorymore than 8,400 kilometers from Rome, To show that as he said this week, “zero tolerance”Against abuse became “irreversible”.
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