Catholic Church’s belated apology just does not cut it

Re Canada’s Catholic bishops apologize for residential schools, Sept. 25

Sorry, too little, too late.

The bishops of Canada are now speaking as one voice, the “collective” voice of the Canadian Church, having denied for months that such a voice even exists, as every diocese is “independent.”

They are going to “discuss” the “possibility” of a Papal visit, after discussing the possibility of having an Indigenous delegation visit Rome (far from the same thing) for four years, and then using COVID-19 as an excuse for delaying even that.

The head of the Assembly of First Nations is just using her common sense when she refuses further humiliation for her people by deciding to give that visit a miss.

When will devout Catholics learn that shoring up the so-called leadership of mediocre, craven bishops (not just in Canada but worldwide, to be sure) is only delaying the structural change our Church so desperately needs?

Paula Monahan, Etobicoke