(MENAFN) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had invited Pope Francis to visit Canada, as an apology to indigenous peoples for the Catholic Church"s treatment of aboriginal children in schools.
Around 30% of Canada's native children were placed in what were known as residential schools in a government attempt to strip them of their traditional cultures and languages.
For more than a century, the schools were funded by the government while many of them were administered by Christian Churches, the majority by Roman Catholics.
Trudeau said: "I told him how important it is for Canadians to move forward on real reconciliation with the indigenous peoples and I highlighted how he could help by issuing an apology."
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