I am filled with sorrow to know that the bodies of 215 children have been detected on the grounds of the former Kamloops Residential School at Tkemlups te Secwepemc. Like many other tragedies at residential schools in Canada, the deaths occurred under Catholic priests and nuns.  

As an Canadian-Italian Catholic mother and grandmother from Kamloops, I am asking you to sign this petition demanding Pope Francis apologize for the church's role in Indigenous deaths occurring at residential schools. An apology is needed to acknowledge the truth that continues to traumatize Indigenous people through generations at the hands of the Catholic Church.