Waterloo Region Record

Catholics asked to push for apology

Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan are calling on Catholics to stand in solidarity with residential school survivors by not attending church services. Vice-chief David Pratt of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said Pope Francis needs to apologize for the church’s role in residential schools. Felix Thomas, chief of the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation, is asking Catholic worshippers to pray at home instead. He said that would send a message to the church that congregants care about what happened in residential schools and want a meaningful apology. Pratt, who expects more bodies will be found at residential school sites, wants Catholics to help put pressure on the institution “to do what’s right and to apologize.”

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