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Pope unlikely to apologize for Canada schools: Activist

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 1:33 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 30 May 2017 2:31 PM ]

Pope Francis (R) walks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the end of a private audience at the Vatican on May 29, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Randy Short, with the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization from Washington, says he doubts Pope Francis’ agreement to apologize for the role of the Catholic Church in Canada’s school system, where indigenous children were abused for decades.

If the Pope makes an apology over churches’ wrongdoings, “It will open up more dialogue because the issues of race, slavery, genocide of indigenous black and brown people in America and in Africa ... has not been addressed by this pope,” Short told Press TV on Tuesday.

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