On the second day of his historic Canadian tour, Pope Francis visited Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in Edmonton, Canada’s only designated Indigenous church.
Just a week before the Sacred Heart Church reopened its doors after suffering an accidental fire two years ago, parishioners welcomed Pope FrancisThe Edmonton church released the Pope’s itinerary which includes Indigenous cultural singing, prayer, a papal address and blessing of the statue of Algonquin-Mohawk Catholic saint Kateri Tekakwitha.
Established in 1991, the Sacred Heart Church became Canada’s only designated Catholic church with Indigenous rituals woven into their liturgies. On Aug. 30, 2020 the church suffered an accidental fire which opened the opportunity for renovations to re-design the church to better represent the Catholic-Indigenous community.
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