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Pope Francis apologises to Indigenous Canadians for 'cultural genocide' | South China Morning Post

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Pope Francis on July 25, 2022 apologised to Canada's aboriginal community for the church's cooperation with a government policy to forcibly assimilate indigenous people with Christian society. Between 1881-1996, about 150,000 aboriginal children were removed from their families and sent to residential schools operat…

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