Pope Francis in Canada: A papal pilgrimage for healing and reconciliation

Pope Francis meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Vatican on May 29, 2017. / © L'Osservatore Romano.Rome Newsroom, Jul 23, 2022 / 08:15 am (CNA).The 37th Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis, which will take him to Canada from July 24-30, is a "penitential pilgrimage": The Holy Father will "meet and embrace the indigenous peoples", and he will apologize for the role of the Church in a system guilty of deadly neglect, suffering and abuse.  In doing so, the pope may also set in motion another process of healing and reconciliation: a normalization of the Holy See's relationship with the government of Canada.A key moment, preparing the portentous papal pilgrimage to Canada, took place in the Vatican on May 29, 2017. On that day, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extended an invitation to Pope Francis to visit the country, during which time he could bring the Church's apology for harm done to indigenous people in the mid-19th through 20th ce...

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