ᒥᐦᑖᑕᒧᐏᓇ cree: mihtâtamowina "Many Regret" 1080 mov

Anishinaabemowin as Manidoo-Abi, translated to English as “Where the Spirit Sits.” 10 000 year old petroforms of healing and ceremony

April1 2022 From the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis' concluding audience with participants in the Meeting "Indigenous Peoples and the Church: Walking together toward healing and reconciliation"

"Listening to your voices, I was able to enter into and be deeply grieved by the stories of the suffering, hardship, discrimination and various forms of abuse that some of you experienced, particularly in the residential schools. It is chilling to think of determined efforts to instil a sense of inferiority, to rob people of their cultural identity, to sever their roots, and to consider all the personal and social effects that this continues to entail: unresolved traumas that have become intergenerational traumas"

"I also feel shame. I have said this to you and now I say it again. I feel shame – sorrow and shame – for the role that a number of Catholics, particularly those with educational responsibilities, have had in all these things that wounded you, in the abuses you suffered and in the lack of respect shown for your identity, your culture and even your spiritual values. All these things are contrary to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For the deplorable conduct of those members of the Catholic Church, I ask for God’s forgiveness and I want to say to you with all my heart: I am very sorry. And I join my brothers, the Canadian bishops, in asking your pardon."