‘I’m very sorry’: Pope Francis apologizes for Church’s role in residential schools

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Pope Francis says he is in Canada to express his pain and apologize for residential schools

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July 25, 2022 • 4 minutes ago • 8 minutes read • 15 comments Switch to full screen mode Previous gallery image

1. Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, made a penitential pilgrimage to Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, his first stop on his tour of Canada that will also include Quebec and Nunavut. The pontiff issued an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools. Photo by Larry Wong

2. Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, made a penitential pilgrimage to Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, his first stop on his tour of Canada that will also include Quebec and Nunavut. The pontiff issued an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools. Photo by Larry Wong/Postmedia Network

3. A woman becomes emotional during the apology of Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, who made a penitential pilgrimage in Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, his first stop on his tour of Canada that it will also include Quebec and Nunavut. . The pontiff issued an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools. Photo by Larry Wong/Postmedia Network

4. Emotions ran high during the apology of Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, who made a penitential pilgrimage to Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, his first stop on his tour of Canada that it will also include Quebec and Nunavut. The pontiff issued an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia

5. Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, made a penitential pilgrimage to Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, his first stop on his tour of Canada that will also include Quebec and Nunavut. The pontiff issued an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia

6. Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, made a penitential pilgrimage to Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, his first stop on his tour of Canada that will also include Quebec and Nunavut. The pontiff issued an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia

7. Members of the clergy listen to apologies from Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, who made a penitential pilgrimage in Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, the first stop on his tour of Canada which will also include Quebec and Quebec. Nunavut The pontiff issued an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia

8. Pope Francis, current head of the Catholic Church, prays at Ermineskin Cemetery in Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, his first stop on his tour of Canada that will also include Quebec and Nunavut. The pontiff issued an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia

9. Jagmeet Singh, federal leader of the NDP, was in attendance to hear Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, issue an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools in Canada. The pontiff made a penitential pilgrimage to Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, his first stop on his Canadian tour that will also include Quebec and Nunavut. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia

10. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, attended to hear Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, issue an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools. The pontiff made a penitential pilgrimage to Maskwacis, Alberta, on Monday, July 25, 2022, his first stop on his Canadian tour that will also include Quebec and Nunavut. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia

11. Pope Francis wears a headdress presented to him by indigenous leaders during a meeting at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will make a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of child abuse for decades at Catholic-run institutions in Canada, at the start of a week-long visit he has described as a “penitential journey”. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images

12. Pope Francis wears a headdress presented to him by indigenous leaders during a meeting at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will make a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of child abuse for decades at Catholic-run institutions in Canada, at the start of a week-long visit he has described as a “penitential journey”. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON /AFP via Getty Images

13. Pope Francis apologizes to indigenous people for the residential school system in Canada during his visit to Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. Photo by TODD KOROL/REUTERS

14. Pope Francis meets with First Nations, Metis and Inuit indigenous communities in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS

15. Pope Francis meets with indigenous leaders at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will deliver a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of decades of child abuse in Canada’s Catholic institutions , at the start of a week-long visit that he described as a “penitential journey”. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON /AFP via Getty Images

16. Pope Francis (C) meets with indigenous leaders at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will deliver a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of decades of child abuse in Catholic institutions in Canada, at the start of a week-long visit that he described as a “penitential journey”. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON /AFP via Getty Images

17. Indigenous leaders arrive to meet with Pope Francis at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada on July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will deliver a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of decades of child abuse in the Catholic institutions in Canada, at the start of a week-long visit that he has described as a “penitential journey”. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON /AFP via Getty Images

18. A member of the indigenous community dances before a meeting with Pope Francis at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will issue a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of child abuse for decades in the Catholic – run institutions in Canada, at the beginning of a week-long visit that he has described as a “penitential journey”. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON /AFP via Getty Images

19. Pope Francis (C) meets with the indigenous community in Maskwacis, south of Edmonton, western Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis visits Canada for opportunity to apologize personally to indigenous survivors of decades of abuse in a residential facility. schools run by the Catholic Church. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images

20. Pope Francis meets with First Nations, Metis and Inuit indigenous communities in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS

21. Pope Francis meets with First Nations, Metis and Inuit indigenous communities in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS

22. Pope Francis (C) meets with the indigenous community in Maskwacis, south of Edmonton, western Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis visits Canada for opportunity to apologize personally to indigenous survivors of decades of abuse in a residential facility. schools run by the Catholic Church. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images

23. Pope Francis speaks (C) to members of the indigenous community at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will issue a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of decades of child abuse in the Catholic – heads institutions in Canada, at the start of a week-long visit that he has described as a “penitential journey”. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON /AFP via Getty Images

24. Pope Francis arrives to meet with indigenous leaders at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will deliver a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of decades of child abuse in Catholic institutions of Canada, at the start of a week-long visit that he has described as a “penitential journey”. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON /AFP via Getty Images

25. Pope Francis (C) meets with indigenous leaders at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will deliver a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of decades of child abuse in Catholic institutions in Canada, at the start of a week-long visit that he described as a “penitential journey”. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON /AFP via Getty Images

26. Pope Francis meets with First Nations, Metis and Inuit indigenous communities in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, July 25, 2022. Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS

27. Pope Francis meets with indigenous leaders at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada on July 25, 2022. – Pope Francis will deliver a historic personal apology on Monday to indigenous survivors of child abuse committed by…