Pope Francis confirms visit to Canada, including stop in Quebec
“I think it shows how much he really wants to meet with the Indigenous people in Canada,” said Janet McLean, a parishioner of St. Patrick’s Basilica.His first stop is expected to be Alberta, which will include a visit to the site of a former residential school.Quebec Archbishop Gérald Lacroix says the Pope will be welcomed in Quebec by government officials at the Citadelle as is customary. He will also offer a public address.
The Pope is fulfilling a promise he made to Indigenous people in March, when a delegation from Canada visited him at the Vatican.Then, he delivered a formal apology for the grave harm caused by Canada’s residential schools.Those are the words some are hoping to hear in their homeland. “This is not a celebration for us, far from it,” says the chief of Assembly of First Nations Quebec Labrador, Ghislain Picard. “I think that has to be understood and respected and at the same time, we know as well that the church needs to be accountable for its actions.”
Picard says he hopes survivors of residential schools are properly represented during the visit and that their wishes are respected, so healing can truly begin.
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