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April 29 In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI expressed \u201csorrow\u201d to a delegation from Canada\u2019s Assembly of First Nations over the abuse and \u201cdeplorable\u201d treatment that aboriginal students suffered at residential schools run by the Roman Catholic Church. May 1 In 2007, the House of Commons unanimously apologized to former students of Canada\u2019s Residential Schools for the trauma they suffered as a result of policies intended to assimilate Indian, Inuit and Metis children into mainstream society. In 2022, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Canada\u2019s residential school system was a cultural genocide. And after listening to residential school survivors share their stories during his visit to Saskatchewan\u2019s James Smith Cree Nation, the head of the Anglican Church said he could understand why many survivors feel it was an actual genocide. Welby… <\/p>\n

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April 29 In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI expressed \u201csorrow\u201d to a delegation from Canada\u2019s Assembly of First Nations over the abuse and \u201cdeplorable\u201d treatment that aboriginal students suffered at residential schools run by the Roman Catholic Church. May 1 In 2007, the House of Commons unanimously apologized to former students of Canada\u2019s Residential Schools for the trauma they suffered as a result of policies intended to assimilate Indian, Inuit and Metis children into mainstream society. In 2022, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Canada\u2019s residential school system was a cultural genocide. And after listening to residential school survivors share their stories during his visit to Saskatchewan\u2019s James Smith Cree Nation, the head of the Anglican Church said he could understand why many survivors feel it was an actual genocide. Welby... <\/p>\n

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