Later in the day the pontiff is expected to travel to Lac Ste. Anne to take part in the Indigenous Catholic community\u0027s annual pilgrimage
The pontiff is set to address Indigenous groups, residential and day school survivors, elders, knowledge keepers and Catholics during the roughly hour-long mass at Commonwealth Stadium.
The Pope’s second full day of events comes a day after he apologized to residential school survivors and their families for the role the Roman Catholic Church played in the cultural destruction and forced assimilation of Indigenous Peoples.Article content “It would give their families loves ones closure. Everybody needs closure in order to heal and move on,” she said.Article content
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