ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT—Pope Francis stated Canada’s historic system of residential colleges for indigenous youngsters, lots of which have been run by Catholic organizations, amounted to a type of genocide.
“To take away children and change their culture, change their thinking, change their traditions and change a race, let’s say, an entire culture…It’s true, it was genocide,” the pope instructed reporters accompanying him on his flight to Rome late Friday after six days in Canada.