ローマ法王 travels to Canada on '巡礼の旅 of penance' for indigenous 乱用

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Timon Johnson

EDMONTON, Alberta, July 24 (Reuters) - ローマ法王 Francis is scheduled to land in Canada on Sunday on what he has called a "巡礼の旅 of penance" to わびる for the 乱用 indigenous children 耐えるd at 手渡すs of 大部分は カトリック教徒-run 居住の schools.

He is 推定する/予想するd to touch 負かす/撃墜する in Edmonton in the western 州 of Alberta at 11:20 a.m. MDT (1720 GMT) Sunday morning - the first of three stops across the country. He is also visiting Quebec City and Iqaluit, the 資本/首都 of the 領土 of Nunavut, and 出発/死ing on Friday.

初期の 圏s of 解放する/自由な tickets for the public were spoken for within 10 or 20 minutes of 存在 made 利用できる, a spokesperson for the Canadian 会議/協議会 of カトリック教徒 Bishops (CCCB), which is 組織するing the trip, told Reuters.

組織者s said a final 圏 of tickets was made 利用できる on Friday.

Thousands of tickets are 存在 始める,決める aside for indigenous 生存者s of 居住の schools, によれば the CCCB spokesperson. Indigenous leaders in 条約 6, the ローマ法王's Alberta stop, have said they were 圧倒するd with queries from 生存者s wanting to …に出席する.

Between 1881 and 1996 more than 150,000 indigenous children were separated from their families and brought to 居住の schools. Many children were 餓死するd, beaten and sexually 乱用d in a system Canada's Truth and 仲直り (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 called "cultural 集団殺戮."

While Canada's leaders have known about high numbers of children dying at the schools since 1907, the 問題/発行する was thrust to the fore with the 発見s of 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd unmarked 墓/厳粛/彫る/重大なs at or 近づく former 居住の school 場所/位置s last year.

In 返答 to 圧力 stemming from those 発見s, ローマ法王 Francis わびるd for the カトリック教徒 church's 役割 in the schools earlier this year during a visit by indigenous 委任する/代表s to the Vatican.

Now he is coming to わびる on Canadian 国/地域. But 生存者s and indigenous leaders have told Reu ters they want more than an 陳謝.

Many have called for 財政上の 補償(金), the return of indigenous artifacts, the 解放(する) of school 記録,記録的な/記録するs, support for (国外逃亡犯を)引き渡すing an (刑事)被告 abuser and the 無効にするing of a 15th-Century doctrine 正当化するing 植民地の dispossession of indigenous people in the form of a papal bull, or edict. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Anna Mehler Paperny in Toronto and Timon Johnson in Edmonton; editing by Steve Scherer and Marguerita Choy)

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