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[Comunicato della Sala Stampa: Udienza al Primo Ministro del Canada, 11.06.2015]
Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, June 11, 2015
VATICAN CITY, Italy — Prime Minister Stephen Harper raised the troubling findings of the residential schools commission with Pope Francis at the Vatican Thursday, but appeared to have stopped short of inviting him to Canada to apologize.
Instead, Harper referred to letter sent earlier in the week to the Vatican by his aboriginal affairs minister that merely informed the Holy See of the commission.
“Prime Minister Harper also drew attention to the letter sent by Minister (Bernard) Valcourt to the Holy See regarding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” Harper’s office said without elaborating.
Harper’s spokesman did not respond to a request for clarification.
A separate readout from the Vatican did not mention the residential schools issue among the topics discussed.
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