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Pope Francis to Meet Canadian Indigenous Leaders and Catholic Bishops Next Week
Catholic News Agency ^ | 3/23/22 | Hannah Brockhaus

Posted on 03/25/2022 6:07:39 PM PDT by marshmallow

Pope Francis will meet with a delegation of Canadian Indigenous people and Catholic bishops at the Vatican from March 28 to April 1, the Vatican confirmed on Wednesday.

On March 28-31, the pope will meet with the Indigenous groups individually, before a final audience on April 1 in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall. Members of the Canadian bishops’ conference will also take part.

The delegation’s week-long visit will also include attendance at the pope’s Sunday Angelus and Wednesday general audience, as well as a private tour of the Vatican Museums.

The visit was initially scheduled to take place in December 2021, but was postponed due to an uptick in coronavirus cases. The new dates were announced on Feb. 1 by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Assembly of First Nations, Métis National Council, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

The delegation to Rome will include “Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers, residential school survivors, and youth,” the Feb. 1 statement said.

Pope Francis’ meeting with Indigenous peoples has been in planning since June 2021, following the reported discovery of unmarked gravesites at the site of former residential schools in Canada.

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1 posted on 03/25/2022 6:07:39 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

If the Pope truly wants to help the indigenous folks he needs to preach a sermon against drunkenness and wife beating.


2 posted on 03/25/2022 6:09:15 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: marshmallow

I wonder if the old Mohawk lady trampled by Castreau’s son came up.


3 posted on 03/25/2022 6:09:52 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: marshmallow

Why? It was a bogus story!


4 posted on 03/25/2022 6:11:20 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Ge0ffrey
Why? It was a bogus story!

Never let a crisis go to waste, especially a fake crisis.

5 posted on 03/25/2022 6:57:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Depopulate the depopulationists. --FJB)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

The Canadians must have a Pachamama or why would Francis show up?


6 posted on 03/26/2022 2:50:09 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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