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QUEBEC, CANADA - JULY 28: Pope Francis on Thursday evening (July 28) led a vesper at the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec as part of the fifth day of his Apostolic Journey to Canada.He was accompanied by many bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians, and pastoral workers.Earlier Francis held a Holy mass in the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, one of the oldest and most popular pilgrimage sites in North America.The pontiff, heeding the demand of Indigenous peoples, came to Canada to apologize on Canadian soil for the abhorrent treatment by priests and nuns of Indigenous children who were forced to attend one of the country's 139 Indian Residential Schools. About 60% were run by Catholic religious orders. The last school closed in 1991.Set up by the Canadian government beginning in the 1820s, 150,000 Indigenous children attended the schools, where a significant number of students were subjected to physical, sexual and psychological abuse and many contracted diseases. It is estimated that as many as 6,000 died.During his visit, the pope has apologized several times, and Thursday he referred to the "scandal of evil" perpetrated by Catholic religious orders.But Francis also asked those in the basilica -- many of them survivors and families of victims of the residential schools -- not to give in to the "temptation to flee" the church and God. Friday, the pope will visit Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, the far north home to Canada's Indigenous Inuit peoples for a full day of activities before departing for Rome. (Footage by Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)