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Indigenous communities are “expecting more” from Pope Francis when he visits Canada in July, says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon — but she said she’s uncertain if he’ll deliver.
The Pope apologized for ‘deplorable abuses’ at residential schools when Indigenous delegations visited Rome in April, but the pontiff faced criticism for denouncing the conduct of some members of the Catholic Church, rather than taking responsibility for the role of the wider institution.
There is also concern in the First Nations community that the qualified apology did not address the issue of compensation, document disclosure or the extradition and
