Pope: Canadian residential schools were cultural 'genocide'

Canadian residential schools were cultural ‘genocide’: Pope Francis

Pope Francis agreed on Saturday that the attempt to eliminate Indigenous culture in Canada through a church-run residential school system amounted to a cultural “genocide.”

Pope says Indigenous people suffered genocide at residential schools

ROME — Pope Francis says the abuses Indigenous Peoples faced while being forced to attend residential schools amounted to genocide. Read More

Pope Francis calls mass killing of indigenous Canadian school children 'genocide'

Pope Francis referred to the massacre of indigenous school children as a "genocide" during a press conference, the first time he's used the word to describe the horrific killings in his trip to Canada.

Pope Says Genocide Took Place at Church Schools in Canada for Indigenous Children

Pope Francis said Saturday that what happened at residential schools the Roman Catholic and other Christian Churches ran to forcefully assimilate Canada's indigenous children was genocide. The pope made the comment while flying back to Rome after a week-long trip to Canada, where he delivered a historic apology for the Church's role in the policy. He was asked by an indigenous Canadian reporter on the plane why he did not use the word genocide d…

Pope: Canadian residential schools were cultural 'genocide'

Francis said the attempt to eliminate Indigenous culture in Canada through a church-run residential school system amounted to a cultural “genocide.”

Pope: Canadian residential schools were cultural 'genocide'

Some 150,000 children from the late 1800s to the 1970s were subjected to an assimilation policy aimed at making them fully Christian and Canadian.