MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee responded to Pope Francis’s apology to the Indigenous peoples of Canada.

 

Settee says the Pope’s apology in response to the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system has been a day that many survivors have been waiting for.

 

He adds it’s a historical, overwhelming, and even surprising event.

 

Settee goes on to say that now begins the journey of genuine reconciliation , and asks all Canadians to stand in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples as they truly begin the process of real healing.

MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee responded to Pope Francis’s apology to the Indigenous peoples of Canada.

 

Settee says the Pope’s apology in response to the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system has been a day that many survivors have been waiting for.

 

He adds it’s a historical, overwhelming, and even surprising event.

 

Settee goes on to say that now begins the journey of genuine reconciliation , and asks all Canadians to stand in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples as they truly begin the process of real healing.