Pope Francis in Alberta, expected to deliver historic apology for residential school abuses
CBC NewsPope Francis greets Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations George Arcand, left, and others during the Pope’s welcome ceremony at the airport hangar in Edmonton on Sunday. Francis’s visit is aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools.
Thousands of Indigenous people are expected to converge Monday on the small Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear a long-awaited apology from Pope Francis. Francis is scheduled to arrive Monday morning at the site of the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School, where he is expected to apologize for generations of abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada.
Francis is set to speak in the afternoon with Indigenous people and parish members at the Sacred Heart Church in Edmonton. Later in the week, the Pope plans to host a large outdoor mass at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton and take part in a pilgrimage in nearby Lac Ste. Anne, before travelling to Quebec City and Iqaluit.
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