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Pope Francis wraps Canadian reconciliation visit by apologizing in Inuktituk: "Mamianaq"

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Pope Francis begged for forgiveness for the evil perpetrated by "not a few" Catholics as he wrapped up Friday a six-day visit that saw celebration and criticism for his repeated apologizes for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in cultural assimilation and residential schools.

"Mamianaq," he said as cheers rumbled through the crowd of a few hundred people in Iqaluit.

The word means "sorry" in Inuktitut, one of several Indigenous languages barred from use in residential schools, which 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend in Canada. Neglect and physical and sexual abuse were rampant in the schools, and the Catholic Church ran 60 per cent of them.

"How evil it is to break the bonds uniting parents and children, to damage our closest relationships, to harm and scandalize the little ones," Francis said in his final public address of the trip, translated from Spanish to Inuktitut and English.

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