Pope Francis condemns "oppressive" policies against Indigenous people in Canada | FULL

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Pope Francis ends his six-day tour of Canada that he has called a "pilgrimage of penance" with meetings in Quebec City and Iqaluit on Friday. The pontiff began the day with private meetings at the Archbishop of Quebec’s residence and then spoke with a delegation of Indigenous Peoples.

“I have come to Canada as a friend in order to meet you and see, hear, learn and appreciate how the Indigenous populations of this country live," Pope Francis said. "I did not come as a tourist. I have come as a brother to discover firsthand the good and bad fruit born by members of the local Catholic family over the course of the years.”

"I do this so that progress may be made in the search for truth so that the processes of healing and reconciliation may continue. And so that seeds of hope can keep being sown for future generations of Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike who desire to live together as brothers and sister."

Later in the day, Francis is set to travel to Iqaluit where he will take part in private meetings with residential school survivors as well as attend an outdoor meeting with young people and elders before travelling back home to the Vatican.

During the tour, which included stops in Alberta, the pontiff made a historic apology for the role Roman Catholic institutions played in the residential school system.