Moon: Pope's refusal to apologize for residential schools evokes a past tragedy

The Pope has declined to issue an apology to residential school survivors. The Canadian Council of Bishops reported that “after carefully considering the request” for an apology, the Pope “felt that he could not personally respond.” 
Earlier this year, Pope Francis apologized in Chile for the sexual abuse of minors by priests:  “I feel bound to express my pain and shame, shame I feel for the irreparable damage caused to children by some ministers