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Indigenous leaders and school survivors dismissed Pope Francis’ expressions of pain at the discovery of 215 children’s remains at a former Catholic residential school in Canada, saying the church needed to do much more, @amp6 reports reut.rs/3psnXBr 1/5

In his weekly blessing, Francis said he was pained by the news about the former school for indigenous students and called for respect for the rights and cultures of native peoples. But he stopped short of the direct apology some Canadians had demanded reut.rs/3zaAsGn 2/5

“How hard is it for the Pope to say: 'I'm very sorry for the way our organization treated the First Nations people, the First Nations students during those times, we are sorry, we pray,’” said Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations in Saskatchewan, Cameron 3/5

The discovery at the Kamloops Indian Residential School reopened old wounds in Canada about the lack of information and accountability around the residential school system, which forcibly separated indigenous children from their families reut.rs/3gi8CPx 4/5

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said the church must take responsibility for its role in the schools, but declined further comments 5/5

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