Everything you might have wanted to know about the papal visit to Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit.
The first three papal visits to Canada — by John Paul II in 1984, 1987 and 2002 — served as celebrations of the Catholic faith.Each stop in the pared-down itinerary of the frail, 85-year-old pontiff will dredge up decades of painful memories in the hope of bringing Indigenous peoples and residential school survivors one step closer to a state of healing and reconciliation.
Pope Francis himself has referred to his trip as a “penitential pilgrimage.” In other words, the head of the Roman Catholic Church intends to make an expression of repentance for the past sins committed against Indigenous people by Catholic clergy who ran dozens of Canadian residential schools. “The expectations are high,” said Étienne, of Quebec Native Women. “It’s been difficult both or those who attended residential schools and for the successive generations of family members who have lived with the damages.
To this day, the Doctrine of Discovery provides the legal underpinning for the federal government’s claim to rule over sovereign Canadian territory. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says that if the Catholic Church truly wants to atone, it must “help restore everything that was torn down — especially the languages, spiritual practices and cultural traditions and supporting communities to heal in ways that are authentic and true to their needs.”Efforts are ongoing to identify the victims as well as the abusers.
Last week, the centre completed an initial review of the archives of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Rome and it has identified internal records, the daily logs of former residential schools and the names of 400 priests and 1,000 students — information that will be used in the longer-term efforts to document and further investigate the residential school experiences of young Indigenous people.
Most recently, he said that papal tour organizers have consulted each of the nations and communities to know how many tickets were required and who would be present at a mass in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré.
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