Genocide of Indigenous Children in Canada: Catholic Church run residential schools guilty of burying thousands of Indigenous Children
Nearly 1,000 bodies of indigenous children were found in two mass graves in June 2021. These children were living in residential schools for indigenous children run by the Catholic Church since 1831
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Pope Francis to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in running residential schools for indigenous children. Trudeau's appeal came after nearly 1,000 bodies of indigenous children were found in two mass graves in June 2021.
In early June, 751 unmarked graves had been found at the site of Marieval Residential School in Saskatchewan. Few weeks ago, 215 unmarked graves were discovered at a former residential school in Kamloops in British Columbia. Both schools were part of a system that took Indigenous children from their families over a ...