Pope Francis Shove The Apology.

Pope Francis aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio has declined to apologize to Indigenous people in Canada for what the Roman Catholic Church did to the Indigenous youth in their care. As you may imagine many in the Indigenous community did not take it well. Senator and former judge Murray Sinclair, who co-chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said Wednesday on social media.
“Canadian Catholic leaders who persuaded the Pope to adopt this position should be ashamed of themselves,” Sinclair said. “The shame of those who abused children in their institutions in the past is now theirs to wear.  I can understand the principle of wanting the apology. It's acknowledgement of the wrong they took and what they did. 

You can't really blame those Indians for being upset. Its' not like the Pope's have not apologized before for some of their buggery, sodomy and debauchery.  The Pope (Benedict) has apologized to Ireland for supplying pedophiles with a smorgasbord of kids to rape. Even the conservative Pope (John Paul II) made 100 apologies for various wrong doings, including the Galileo and many other abuses. An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.— Pope John Paul II 

One of the reasons for the Pope of the Catholic Church not apologizing is the idea the Church is not centralized. Each of the Churches which had Residential Schools is responsible for their own mess.
You got to admit the old "it's not me" excuse works every time. It's a tried and true method of dodging responsibility.

For me I couldn't care less or give a shit if the Pope apologizes. I think an apology is a good thing but many times it's an empty exercise. I remember about 35 years ago I was at a bar. A guy named Al came in. He was swearing around at this guy named Waldo. Al says "You were fooling around with my wife".  Waldo of course denies it, "No boy".  Al kept on saying "Yes you did, you fooled around with my wife". After a number of accusations and denials back and forth, Waldo finally said "It was long time ago boy". There it was, an admission of fooling around with his wife. The admission was in public so now it came down to Al's reaction. Al got quiet for a second and he said "Well, I want an apology".  Waldo said "I'm sorry Boy". That was it. No other words were exchanged.

You see the whole thing reminds me of the Church debauchery; people are yelling around but when it comes down to it, the Church can say "Sorry boy" but really what does it mean?  It means nothing. If you have to force an apology from someone who doesn't really want to, is it worth it? Al and Waldo are perfect example of how sincere and how empty a forced apology can be. For Waldo it was just getting rid of an annoyance. For Al it was just to vent and trying to get  some satisfaction but in the end it didn't accomplish anything. Al didn't know what to do with the apology.

Pope Francis and his cohorts of pedophiles can shove the apology up their bleached anuses.

* Oh yeah, the use of the word "Boy" is a colloquial saying in our Reserve. Its not disrespectful but used in place of someone's name or title. Commonly used by males in the community.