Pope Francis honored grandparents Tuesday as the roots of humanity, as reverberations echoed from his historic apology for the Catholic Church's role in severing generations of Indigenous family ties by participating in Canada's 'catastrophic' residential school system.
Pope Francis spoke of his "sorrow, indignation and shame" over the Catholic Church's role in the abuse of Canadian Indigenous children.Pope Francis honored grandparents Tuesday as the roots of humanity, as reverberations echoed from his historic apology for the Catholic Church's role in severing generations of Indigenous family ties by participating in Canada's "catastrophic" residential school system.
Offering a negative review of Francis' apology was Murray Sinclair, the First Nations chairman of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, who welcomed the apology but said Tuesday that it didn't go far enough in acknowledging the papacy's own role in justifying European colonial expansion and the hierarchy's endorsement of Canada's assimilation policy.
"Thanks to our grandparents, we received a caress from the history that preceded us: We learned that goodness, tender love and wisdom are the solid roots of humanity," he said. "We are children because we are grandchildren." More than 150,000 Native children in Canada were taken from their homes and made to attend government-funded Christian schools from the 19th century until the 1970s in an effort to isolate them from the influence of their families and culture. The aim was to Christianize and assimilate them into mainstream society, which previous Canadian governments considered superior.
"For myself it's really heavy," Lindley said. "It's hard. No matter how many times you apologize, it doesn't take away the hurt and pain." Sinclair cited church decrees and doctrines that led directly to "cultural genocide" of Indigenous peoples by underpinning colonial policy and the Doctrine of Discovery, a 19th-century international legal concept has been understood to justify colonial seizure of land and resources by European powers.
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