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Returning moccasins, pope apologizes for Church role in residential schools

The first step of Pope Francis’ “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada involved him returning two pairs of children’s moccasins.

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Trudeau wants Vatican apology for church-run school abuses

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he is “deeply disappointed” the Catholic Church has not offered a formal apology and made amends for its role in Canada’s former system of church-run Indigenous boarding schools after the remains of 215 children were located at what was once the country’s largest such institution.

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Canada lowers flags after discovery of bodies at school site

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Sunday that flags at all federal buildings be flown at half-staff to honor more than 200 children whose remains have been found buried at what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school — one of the institutions that held children taken from families across the nation.

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