Pope Francis to host mass at Quebec pilgrimage site following second apology
is set to begin his second day of events in Quebec’s capital city as part of his tour that he has called a pilgrimage of penance.The event will take place at the shrine of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, east of Quebec City.The site is one of the oldest and most popular places of pilgrimage in North America and annually attracts more than one million visitors.
Later in the day, he is to attend vespers with church officials in the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Quebec.Francis arrived in the city for two days of events on Wednesday morning.Pope Francis expresses ‘deep shame and sorrow’ for harm done to residential school survivors
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