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world news Dialuna 7 Juni 2021

Pope voices 'pain' over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize

(AP) — Pope Francis on has admitted that physical added.
Sunday expressed his and sexual abuse was rampant
pain over the discovery in in the schools, with students Trudeau on Friday blasted
Canada of the remains of beaten for speaking their na- the church for being “silent”
215 Indigenous students tive languages. and “not stepping up,″ and
of church-run residential called on it to formally apol-
schools and pressed re- Ground-penetrating radar ogize and to make amends
ligious and political au- was used to confirm the re- for its prominent role in his
thorities to shed light on mains of the children at the nation’s former system of
“this sad affair.” But he Kamloops Indian Residential church-run Indigenous resi-
didn’t offer the apology School in Kamloops, British dential schools.
sought by the Canadian Columbia, last month. The
prime minister. school was Canada’s largest He noted that when he met
such facility and was oper- with Francis at the Vatican
Francis, in remarks to faith- ated by the Catholic Church in 2017, he had asked him to
ful gathered in St. Peter’s between 1890 and 1969. ”move forward on apologiz-
Square, also called on the au- ing” and on making records
thorities to foster healing but “I am following with pain available. But, Trudeau said,
made no reference to Prime the news that arrives from “we’re still seeing resistance
Minister Justin Trudeau’s in- Canada about the upsetting from the church, possibly healing but not of apology. in recognizing rights and cul-
sistence, two days earlier, that discovery of the remains of from the church in Canada.” tural values of all the daugh-
the Vatican apologize and 215 children,” Francis said in “May the political and reli- ters and sons of Canada,” the
take responsibility. his customary Sunday noon Chief Rosanne Casimir of gious authorities continue to pope said.
remarks to the public. the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc collaborate with determina-
From the 19th century until First Nation in British Co- tion to shed light on this sad “Let’s entrust to the Lord the
the 1970s, more than 150,000 “I join with the Canadian lumbia has said her nation affair and to commit humbly souls of all those children,
Indigenous children were bishops and the entire Cath- wants a public apology from to a path of reconciliation and deceased in the residential
forced to attend state-funded olic Church in Canada in ex- the Catholic Church. The healing,″ Francis said. schools of Canada,″ the pon-
Christian schools, the major- pressing my closeness to the Missionary Oblates of Mary tiff added. “Let us pray for
ity of them run by Roman Canadian people traumatized Immaculate, which ran near- “These difficult moments the families and for the in-
Catholic missionary congre- by the shocking news,″ Fran- ly half of Canada’s residential represent a strong call to digenous Canadian commu-
gations, in a campaign to as- cis said. schools, has yet to release any distance ourselves from the nities overcome by sorrow.”
similate them into Canadian records about the Kamloops colonial model and from to- Francis then asked the pub-
society. ”This sad discovery adds to school, she also said. day’s ideological colonizing lic in the square below his
the awareness of the sorrows and to walk side by side in di- window to join him in silent
The Canadian government and sufferings of the past,” he Francis’ comments spoke of alogue, in mutual respect and prayer.

Yemen officials say Houthi rebel missile hits city, kills 17

(AP) — A ballistic missile fired by Marib from the internationally rec- Lenderking’s remarks came in a state- came as the U.N. Security Council
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Satur- ognized government to try to com- ment late Friday by the State Depart- criticized the rebels for delaying a
day killed at least 17 people in a plete their control over the northern ment after his return from a Mideast technical assessment of an oil tanker
government-held city, including part of Yemen. diplomatic mission on Yemen that moored off the war-torn country’s
a 5-year-old girl, officials said, as a took him to Saudi Arabia, Oman, the coast loaded with more than 1 mil-
U.S. envoy to the country accused But they did not make any substan- United Arab Emirates and Jordan. lion barrels of crude oil.
the rebels of failing to try to reach tial progress and suffered heavy losses
peace in the war-wrecked nation. amid stiff resistance from govern- He also criticized the Houthis’ re- An Omani delegation, meanwhile,
ment forces aided by the Saudi-led newed offensive on the oil-rich Mar- arrived in Sanaa for talks with rebel
The missile hit a gas station in the coalition supporting them. ib province, an anti-Houthi strong- leaders that aim to advance the peace
Rawdha neighborhood in the cen- hold held by the internationally rec- process, according to Mohammed
tral city of Marib, according to Ali Yemen has been embroiled in a civil ognized government that is crucial to Abdul-Salam, the chief Houthi nego-
al-Ghulisi, the provincial governor’s war since 2014, when the Iranian- the country’s energy supplies. tiator.
press secretary. backed Houthis swept across much
of the north and seized the capital, The ongoing Marib attack, which be- Another Houthi official said the del-
Information Minister Moammar al- Sanaa, forcing the internationally rec- gan in February amid an international egation arrived on an Omani mili-
Iryani said the attack killed at least ognized government into exile. and regional diplomatic push to end tary plane and would try to convince
17 people and wounded at least five the conflict, has left the rebels “in- Houthi leaders to halt their offensive
others. All casualties were civilians, The Saudi-led coalition entered the creasingly isolated,” Lenderking said. on Marib and return to the negotiat-
he added. war the following year on the side ing table in Oman’s capital of Muscat.
of the government. The war has The State Department said Lenderk-
He called on the U.N. and the U.S. killed more than 130,000 people and ing coordinated his efforts closely The official spoke on condition of
to condemn the attack, saying it spawned the world’s worst humani- with the U.N. special envoy for Ye- anonymity because he was not autho-
amounted to a war crime. tarian crisis. men Martin Griffiths, who held vid- rized to brief the media.
eo talks last week with the Houthis’
There was no immediate comment Saturday’s attack on Marib came just religious and military leader, Abdel- The visit came after Secretary of State
from the Houthis. a day after U.S. special envoy for Ye- Malek al-Houthi. Antony Blinken spoke by phone Fri-
men Tim Lenderking lashed out at day with Omani Foreign Minister
The government-run SABA news the rebels, accusing them of failing Griffiths expressed frustration that Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud al-
agency reported that the rebels also to try to reach an urgently needed his efforts to achieve a cease-fire have Busaidi.
fired an explosive-laden drone short- cease-fire. He said the Iranian-backed been derailed by warring parties seek-
ly after the missile attack. It said the Houthis bear the major responsibility ing gains on the battlefield. Blinken reiterated the need for “an
drone destroyed two ambulances that for refusing to engage meaningfully immediate, comprehensive ceasefire
had rushed to the area to transfer and to take steps to “resolve a nearly He urged the sides to seize the “con- to help bring the war in Yemen and
wounded to hospitals. seven-years conflict that has brought siderable regional and international the humanitarian suffering of the Ye-
unimaginable suffering to the Yemeni support” for the U.N. peace plan. meni people to an end,” according to
Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been people.” the State Department.
attempting since February to capture Lenderking’s rebuke to the Houthis