Day 2 of Pope visit to include stops at a former residential school, Edmonton church

Pope Francis Visits Canada To Apologize for Church’s Mistreatment of First Nations Peoples

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Thousands of Indigenous people converged Monday on the small Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear a long-awaited apology from Pope Francis for generations of abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada.

Pope apologizes for church’s role in residential school system

Pope Francis speaks at an Indigenous church in Edmonton after calling for a serious investigation into abuses at residential schools.

Day 2 of Pope visit to include stops at former residential school, Edmonton church

Pope Francis is expected to speak publicly for the first time on his Canadian visit at a meeting this morning with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in a community south of Edmonton. The day's events begin with a trip to Maskwacis, Alta., where the pontiff is scheduled to visit the f...

Visit by Pope Francis to Canada: Here’s what happened on July 25

‘I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples,’ Pope Francis said in a formal apology for the abuses at residential schools. Thousands of survivors and their families have gathered today in Maskwacis for the papal visit

Day 2 of Pope visit to include stops at a former residential school, Edmonton church

Pope Francis is expected to speak publicly for the first time on his Canadian visit at a meeting this morning with First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples in a community south of Edmonton.

Day 2 of Pope visit to include stops at a former residential school, Edmonton church

MASKWACIS – Pope Francis is expected to speak publicly for the first time on his Canadian visit at a meeting this morning with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in a community south of Edmonton. The day’s events begin with a trip to Maskwacis, Alta., where the pontiff is scheduled to visit the former site […]