World in photos: The pope and Canada’s Indigenous peoples

For all the damage done by colonizers to the colonized in the course of human history, few world leaders have offered full, formal and public words of contrition to the victims. Which may explain why — though the trip was long anticipated — Pope Francis’ visit to Canada this week has stirred so much global attention. The papal trip has also brought a series of arresting visual moments.

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Pope Francis had apologized to representatives of Canada’s Indigenous people at the Vatican in April. This week, he did so in a more public way, to the broader community, on their soil. And he called for further investigations into what had happened there. “Begging pardon,” he said, “is not the end of the matter.”

Bishops departing the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples are reflected in a rain puddle in Edmonton, Canada, on Monday.

ALBERTA, CANADA - JULY 25: Pope Francis waves to onlookers as he leaves the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples where he met with members of the Indigenous community in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 25, 2022. - Pope Francis on Monday apologized for the — Pope Francis waves to onlookers as he leaves the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples, where he met with members of the Indigenous community in Edmonton on Monday.

Gerald Gladue holds a photo of his mother, Jeannie Gladue, a residential school survivor, while waiting for Pope Francis to arrive at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in Edmonton on Monday.

A member of the Indigenous community helps display a memorial banner, which was the first national, public record of the names of the children who did not return home from the residential schools across Canada, as Pope Francis arrives at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Canada, on Monday.

MASKWACIS, AB - JULY 25 : Members of the Indigenous community gather as Pope Francis visits Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, on July 25, 2022. Pope Francis on Monday issued a long-awaited and historic apology to Indigenous peoples for the harm the Catholic Church did to them at Canadaâs residential schools. (Photo by Lincoln Ho/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) — Members of the Indigenous community gather, one holding a two spirit transgender pride flag, as Pope Francis visits Muskwa Park in Maskwacis on Monday.

World in photos: The pope and Canada’s Indigenous peoples — a historic apology

Pope Francis acknowledged the “evil” done at a network of church-run schools — and said more needed to be done to right a grievous wrong.