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  • Indigenous Priest Shares Practices that Will Be Part of Pope Francis' Canada Trip

    07/16/2022 6:44:42 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 8 replies
    The Catholic Register ^ | 7/15/22 | Cindy Wooden
    VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Francis travels to Canada to apologize to Indigenous communities for the way the Catholic Church joined efforts to uproot them from their traditional culture and spirituality, their traditions will be on full display. The First Nation, Métis and Inuit people will welcome Pope Francis to their lands July 24-29 wearing their traditional dress, speaking their languages, performing their songs and dances and sharing elements of their traditional styles of prayer. Father Cristino Bouvette, a priest of the Archdiocese of Calgary, Alberta, has been working with the pope's master of liturgical ceremonies, Msgr. Diego Giovanni Ravelli,...