Pope again asks for forgiveness as tour ends in Canada's north

Pope Francis leads the Vespers with members of the clergy at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada July 28, 2022. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS .

IQALUIT, Nunavut (Reuters) -Pope Francis again asked for forgiveness after meeting on Friday with residential school survivors in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, the last stop in his six-day visit to Canada to apologize to indigenous people for abuse in government schools run by the Roman Catholic Church.

After a private meeting in a small elementary school, Francis said hearing survivors' stories had "only renewed in me the indignation and shame that I have felt for months" at the harm done to them. His plane departed Canada for Rome on Friday evening.