Canada: Pope Francis to hold public mass, participate in annual Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage

Jul 27, 2022, at 06:13 am

Edmonton (Alberta)/IBNS: Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium is expected to fill with tens of thousands of people, including Indigenous groups, residential and day school survivors, elders, knowledge keepers, and Catholics to listen to Pope Francis’ address during the roughly hour-long mass.

Canada: Pope Francis in Alberta to deliver apology for residential school abuses

Jul 26, 2022, at 05:23 am

Edmonton/IBNS: Aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools, Pope Francis reportedly landed Sunday in Edmonton in his six-day penitential trip to Canada.