This phenomenon received media attention after the first 30 or so churches were torched in the summer of 2021. Since then that number has continued to grow to over 100.
Given the fact that not a majority of native children attended the schools, and that a very small percentage died over the decades – which is not to say that the deaths were not tragic in individual cases – it could not be said that a genocide took place, as no intentional mass murder occurred.
There has been a noticeable awakening in recent months as a result of our reporting and that of many other truth organizations that have been rising up over the past few years.
The report implied that the children attending the residential schools did not largely benefit from the education and cultural experience that the schools provided, and that those working in the schools were mostly cruel and uncaring representatives of Christian churches.
The Pope is expected to use his trip to Canada to make a formal apology to the indigenous peoples over allegations that native children were abused at Catholic residential schools.
A priest of the Archdiocese of Calgary defended the planned 'smudging' as ‘a ritual of purification’ to make the space 'more hospitable' and compared it to the use of sacramentals.