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Trudeau Demands Papal Apology On Canadian Soil For Unmarked Indigenous Graves

Jon Brown
Trudeau Demands Papal Apology On Canadian Soil For Unmarked Indigenous Graves
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demanded last week that Pope Francis fly to Canada to apologize for the remains of indigenous children that were recently discovered in unmarked graves where the Catholic Church used to run a residential school in Saskatchewan.

“I have spoken personally directly with His Holiness Pope Francis to press upon him how important it is not just that he makes an apology but that he makes an apology to indigenous Canadians on Canadian soil,” Trudeau said Friday in Ottawa, just a day after a report discovered an additional 751 unmarked graves near the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, which added the total number to 966, according to Reuters.

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