Canada: PM calls on Catholics to stand up for indigenous people

Canada: PM calls on Catholics to stand up for indigenous people

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has urged the country’s Catholic worshipers that the church needs to respond to bodies found in former boarding schools. Canada is deeply concerned with procedures.

As a Catholic, Trudeau told a news conference that he was “disappointed by the decisions made by the Catholic Church now and in recent years. He called on the Church to take responsibility for its role,” which is why his Nearby was Pope Francis. Asked.

In December the Pope wants to receive a group of Canadian indigenous people. It was recently announced by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the country. It is hoped that the meeting will “lead to a common future of peace and harmony between Indigenous peoples and the Catholic Church in Canada”. For his part, Bishop was stunned by the discovery of the body.

President of the Bishops’ Conference of Canada Said Pope Francis believes he is ready to do soTo apologize to the indigenous people for the previous role of the Catholic Church in the country’s housekeeping.

Over 4,000 indigenous children missing

Descendants of indigenous peoples have discovered the bodies of more than 1,000 children in recent weeks in unmarked graves on the grounds of former reintegration centers. According to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, more than 4,100 children are missing.

Following the discovery, several Catholic churches went up in flames and others were ransacked. No one got injured.

(KNA / Vatican News – GS)

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