Stock Photo - 25 July 2022, Canada, Edmonton: Pope Francis (l), head of the Catholic Church, covers his face with his hand during a meeting with indigenous peoples and members of the Sacred Heart parish community in Edmonton, Canada. Pope Francis is beginning a ""penitential journey"" to Canada to seek forgiveness from survivors of the country's residential schools. Catholic missionaries there contributed to the ""cultural genocide"" of generations of indigenous children by trying to erase their languages, cultures and traditions. Francis plans to visit the cemetery of the former boarding school in Maskwacis, near Edmonton. Photo: Johannes Neudecker/dpa. - Edmonton/Alberta/Canada