Vatican confirms Pope Francis will visit 3 cities in Canada in July
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Pope Francis meets members of the First Nations at the Vatican on March 31, 2022. / Vatican MediaVatican City, May 13, 2022 / 04:15 am (CNA).The Vatican confirmed on Friday that Pope Francis will visit three cities in Canada during the last week of July.The pope will travel to Edmonton, Quebec City, and Iqaluit on July 24-30, the Holy See press office said on May 13.The pope had announced last month that he planned to meet indigenous peoples in Canada this summer for the feast of St. Anne on July 26."You have brought the living sense of your communities here in Rome. I will be happy to benefit again from meeting you by visiting your native lands, where your families live," he said during a meeting with Canadian Indigenous leaders at the Vatican on April 1.The Canadian bishops said last year that they would welcome Pope Francis' visit as a "pilgrimage of healing and reconciliation."The pope's full schedule in Canada will be published in the coming weeks, the Vatican said.In Cana...
Pope Francis meets members of the First Nations at the Vatican on March 31, 2022. / Vatican Media
Vatican City, May 13, 2022 / 04:15 am (CNA).
The Vatican confirmed on Friday that Pope Francis will visit three cities in Canada during the last week of July.
The pope will travel to Edmonton, Quebec City, and Iqaluit on July 24-30, the Holy See press office said on May 13.
The pope had announced last month that he planned to meet indigenous peoples in Canada this summer for the feast of St. Anne on July 26.
"You have brought the living sense of your communities here in Rome. I will be happy to benefit again from meeting you by visiting your native lands, where your families live," he said during a meeting with Canadian Indigenous leaders at the Vatican on April 1.
The Canadian bishops said last year that they would welcome Pope Francis' visit as a "pilgrimage of healing and reconciliation."
The pope's full schedule in Canada will be published in the coming weeks, the Vatican said.
In Canada, Francis is expected to issue an apology on behalf of the Catholic Church for the abuses committed against Indigenous students in Catholic-run residential schools.
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