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Pope Francis arrived on Sunday in Canada, where he is expected to personally apologise to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church. The head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics landed at Edmonton’s international airport shortly after 11am (1700 GMT). He was welcomed by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mary Simon, the country’s first Indigenous governor general, as well as Indigenous leaders in an airport ceremony that began with drums and chanting. Afterwards Francis received welcome gifts from Indigenous leader…