Before Pope Francis's arrival in Canada last July, federal officials flagged concerns about the level of consultation done with a First Nations community that was set to host him.
Briefing notes prepared for the deputy minister of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations a month before the Pope arrived also show officials were concerned about how much help Catholic bishops would be in translating his Spanish into Indigenous languages.Pope Francis, 85, journeyed to Canada in July to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools.
The province is home to Maskwacis, a group of four First Nations south of Edmonton, which was to be the site of the Pontiff's apology. In a statement to The Canadian Press, a spokesman for the papal visit said the archbishop and others involved in the planning worked with community leadership and were aware they were doing so under tight circumstances.
Before his visit, officials in Ottawa viewed translating Pope Francis's words from Spanish into Indigenous languages as a must, and a task that required a lot of planning.
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