The Canadian government criticized Pope Francis' apology for the forced assimilation of Indigenous children at church-run residential schools in an attempt to wipe native cultures.
According to ABC News, Ottawa said the apology didn't go far enough, as it failed to name the Catholic Church as the one bearing responsibility for the suffering.
On July 24, the pontiff arrived in Canada for a week-long tour, described as a "pilgrimage of penance" to apologize for the role Catholic institutions played in the "cultural genocide."
