Today we chat about the truly legendary visit of Pope Francis and for his apology to the survivors, families and communities that have suffered because of the Catholic Church’s involment alongside the Canadian government in the creation and running of Indian Residential Schools.
Many Indigenous people have long desired recognition of their suffering by the hand of the church be acknowledged.
However not until midway through last year, when an anthropologist detected ground disturbances on radar at a Kamloops Indian Residential School in May 2021.
Concluding 200 unmarked graves of children did people finally pay attention.
So we get into all the deep water today.
We talk about how assimilation of Indigenous peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today.
However remarkable this trip is we also take a look to the future to see how things will actually change for the better.
