Pope Francis watches as a musician performs during a meeting with young
people and elders outside the primary
school in Iqaluit in the Canadian territory of
Nunavut July 29, 2022. Photos: CNS The planned destruction of the families, languages, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous communities of Canada through the residential school system was “genocide,” Pope Francis has said. Asked by an Indigenous reporter why he did not use the word genocide while in Canada, the Pope said, “I didn’t use the word because it did not…
