Pope Francis decided to visit Canada to apologise for the massive abuse
and killings of thousands of indigenous Canadians (including children)
over decades.
And all he could do was issue a verbal apology for the damage done.
What sort of Catholic God would allow the natives to be abused and
killed by the white clerics without inflicting punishment on the evil
doers?
And was a plain verbal apology enough? Why was substantive financial and
material reparations not dispensed over decades for the damage done?
It's disgraceful that the white Pope, ultimately responsible for the
evil done to the Natives sat comfortably on a chair while he was wheeled
about on open ground accompanied by Native leaders. Why didn't he have
the good sense and humility to adopt a kneeling posture and move
kneeling to indicate appreciation of the sufferings of the Natives? Such
a posture would remind him of the pain inflicted on the Natives.
The apology as offered seems quite inadequate and suggests a lack of
understanding of the sufferings meted out to the Natives by the holy
white men.
Eddie Ray
