He also vowed to visit Canada to deliver the apology in person to survivors. Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in the Canadian residential school system following a visit with Indigenous delegations at the Vatican in March. He added several other communities, including Kamloops, have put requests in for a visit and it will be up to the Vatican to decide where stops are made.Īt its peak, Saskatchewan had 22 residential schools, with at least half of those institutions operated by the Catholic Church, according to the FSIN. Those decisions are still being worked on.” “We have been told that there are very few locations where he’s going to be able to visit for health reasons. “He’s not in good health,” Bolen explained. The Archbishop said the Pope’s health is playing a factor in the upcoming visit to Canada.
That would be a beautiful and powerful thing,” Bolen said. He said he has very limited influence on the matter. I want to put closure to that and let it go.”Īrchbishop Don Bolen of the archdiocese of Regina also visited the school site on Monday to echo the invitation. “I want to put closure to the graves and all that happened here. She joined in the call for the Pope to visit the site. I would want the person here in person, to have him come and say sorry for what you’ve had to endure in this school.”Įlaine Severight attended the school for one year when she was a child.
“I wouldn’t want to watch something like that on tv. “Forgiveness would be life changing for some that still believe in that way,” Chief Jamie Wolfe said.
“The Pope needs to visit one of our First Nations Saskatchewan, especially one where the site of the abuse still stands, to witness for himself the reality we are facing today and the work our First Nations are conducting in finding the unmarked graves of hundreds of our children,” FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said in a news release.Īt an event on the school site on Monday, the chief of Muskowekwan First Nation said a visit by the Pope could be a step in healing for the community. The FSIN is asking the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) to arrange for the July 2022 Papal visit to include Muskowekwan Indian Residential School near Muskowekwan First Nation – the last standing residential school in Saskatchewan. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling on the Catholic Church to arrange for the Pope to visit a former Saskatchewan residential school during his trip to Canada.
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