Indigenous leaders wish Pope's acknowledgment of genocide was made on Canadian soil

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Pope made comment while on his plane back to Rome

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Pope made comment while on his plane back to Rome

Pope acknowledges genocide, but not on Canadian soil

'It's good that he said it ... but he should have said it when he was talking to people here in Canada, and in particular the First Nation survivors of Indian residential schools, and of course the Métis and Inuit,' says former regional chief

Indigenous leaders wish Pope's acknowledgment of genocide was made on Canadian soil

A member of the National Indian Residential School Circle of Survivors says it's good Pope Francis acknowledged that what happened in the schools amounted to genocide, but that he should have said it before he left Canada.

Indigenous leaders wish Pope's acknowledgment of genocide was made on Canadian soil

A member of the National Indian Residential School Circle of Survivors says it's good Pope Francis acknowledged that what happened in the schools amounted to genocide, but that he should have said it before he left Canada. Ken Young, who is the former Manitoba regional chief of the Assembly of F...

Indigenous leaders wish Pope Francis’s acknowledgment of genocide was made on Canadian soil

The Pope says he did not use the word ‘genocide’ during his visit to Canada because he felt it was a technical term