Fang Ji apologize for the Canadian church to harm the aboriginal children: I ask you for forgiveness ...

Fang Ji, a Catholic Pope, who is starting to start a "confession journey" in Canada. On July 25th, he would apologize to the indigenous community in the former church's boarding school in Alberta, Canada.

Fang Ji, who was 85 years old, first came to the local aboriginal cemetery and prayed in front of the cross. Subsequently, he went to the former site of the boarding school and accompanied by the Aboriginal chiefs to pray again.

Fang Ji gave a speech at the former site of the boarding school. He used "sad evil" and "Mitian Dajie" to describe the church's evil behavior to the aboriginal people. He said that whenever he thought of the values, language and culture of the aboriginal people, it was heartbroken and apologized for the role of the church in this policy.

Roman Catholic Pope Francis:

I ask your forgiveness, especially the cooperation methods of many members of the church and religious groups in the cultural destruction and mandatory assimilation project promoted by the government at that time, at least through their indifference, these projects finally formed a boarding school system.

Fang Ji said that requesting forgiveness is just the first step in his confession. The apology cannot repair the past damage. He emphasized that he must spare no effort to create a culture that can prevent similar crimes and call on Yanzheng to investigate the crimes that have occurred in the boarding school. Essence

Roman Catholic Pope Francis:

One of the important parts of this process will be a serious investigation of what happened in the past and help the survivors of the boarding school recover from the trauma they suffered.

Fang Ji's apology ordered many Aboriginal people, especially the survivors of boarding schools, who were old, and could not help crying. Some Aboriginal people raised their right hands and sang the Canadian national anthem while crying.

At the subsequent press conference, a representative of the survivors of the boarding school bluntly said that after 50 years of waiting, she finally waited for an apology, but it was too late for the deceased.

The survivors of the boarding school representative Corkemaz:

Today, I finally heard an apology. Unfortunately, many family members, friends, classmates and community members who have been to the boarding school cannot hear this apology because they have died of suicide and alcoholism because they can't bear to take the boarding board at the boarding The trauma left by the school continues to survive.

Some Aboriginal chiefs said that the Pope's apology may be peaceful, which can make some indigenous people feel more empty, but these complex emotions are real. The chief emphasized that it was impossible to treat the indigenous people to "overcome" the pain.

Louisbur tribe chief Destmond Bur:

We cannot overcome intergenerational trauma that affects every young man, every member, and everyone who has a survivor family with a boarding school. Instead of asking us to overcome it, I ask you to accept this and understand our history, our culture , Our people, understand who we are.

Unknown tombs reveal the history of Canada's persecution of aboriginal children

Since May 2021, more than thousands of unknown tombs and a large number of children's remains have been found in the former site of the aboriginal boarding school in Canada. This revealed the tragedy of abuse and even death of aboriginal children. The current Prime Minister Trudeau also acknowledged that the Aboriginal Canada has been treated unfairly. The Canadian truth and reconciliation committee used "cultural extinction" to describe this appalling scandal.

From 1863 to 1998, more than 150,000 aborigines were taken away from their family and entered the aboriginal boarding school. The first Prime Minister McDonald in Canada had no dedication to say that the purpose of sending the aboriginal children to the boarding school was to abolish the tribal system and let Canadian residents assimilate the Indians from all aspects.

Canada's "Indian Law" forced Aboriginal children to enter the boarding school, and the government has the right to use force to send children into the school. The only language in the boarding school is English. There are board students who are corporal punishment for talking to classmates in Indians. The teacher even pointed out that Indian language is a cheap language.

It is reported that many Aboriginal children escaped because of hungry at the school, but the school site was remote and was often caught. After that, he was severely punished or died during the escape.

The Canadian government's "assimilation policy" in the 19th century also includes restricting Indians' right to election, and cannot vote without abandoning the identity of the Indian. The election law in 1875 clearly stipulates that Indians, Chinese and Indians have no voting rights.

Source: Phoenix Satellite TV Information Station

Edit: Qiu Guo

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