Rwanda: Pope Francis Seeking God's Forgiveness Good but Genocide Survivors Need More

opinion

On Monday, March 20, news came that Pope Francis had apologised for the Catholic Church's role in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis. The deed followed President Paul Kagame's visit to the Vatican where he reportedly compared notes with the Pontiff.

Understandably, the gesture saw Rwandans hail the man of God for doing what his two predecessors failed to do. Being a worldly man who ONLY believes after seeing, I decided to check the Pope's statement or exact words before joining the praise party.

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