Posted on 10/27/2021 7:12:49 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis is considering an invitation to visit Canada in light of the Canadian bishops’ "pastoral process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples."
A communique from the Holy See Press Office on Oct. 27 said that the pope has “indicated his willingness to visit” Canada on a future undetermined date.
The Canadian bishops’ conference welcomed the Vatican announcement stating that “Pope Francis has accepted their invitation to visit Canada on a pilgrimage of healing and reconciliation.”
“We pray that Pope Francis’ visit to Canada will be a significant milestone in the journey toward reconciliation and healing,” Bishop Raymond Poisson, the president bishops’ conference, said Oct. 27.
Pope Francis is already set to meet with delegations of different Indigenous tribes from Canada at the Vatican Dec. 17-20.
The papal meetings with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit delegations were scheduled following the discovery of unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children at a former Catholic-run residential school in British Columbia and 751 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan.
Canada’s residential school system was set up by the Canadian federal government, beginning in the 1870s, as a means of forcibly assimilating Indigenous children and stripping them of familial and cultural ties. Catholics and members of other Christian denominations ran the schools. The last remaining federally-run residential school closed in 1996.
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Does this guy ever talk about the Salvation message . . .
This pope is a DOPE!
Then give the gold back Pope. To the last gram that you have in your coffers from the destruction of civilizations and the plundering of them by your agents.
Anything less is dishonest lip service.
Has this idiot Pope apologized for the Crusades and the Inquisition yet? Just asking..../s
So you're pro muslim terrorists?
So you are denying this Pope is an idiot?
Those of you who are whining about this “pope” apologizing for this and that had better wake up that this apologizing has been going on for decades.
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