'Truth, justice and healing:' Metis and Inuit delegates meet with Pope Francis
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The president of the Metis National Council says she feels Pope Francis has committed to a journey of justice after a meeting with the head of the Roman Catholic Church at the Vatican.
"He repeated 'truth, justice and healing' and I take that as a personal commitment," said Cassidy Caron outside St. Peter's Square Monday morning.
Caron said the Pope did not provide an apology for the church's role in residential schools. But, she added, they have always requested it take place on Canadian soil.
The eight Metis delegates spent an hour with the pontiff where three survivors shared their stories of residential schools.
Angie Crerar, 85, has said that when she was in a residential school, she knew what was happening wasn't right. She wanted to tell the person in charge -- the one at the top. Now, almost 80 years later, she finally did.
