Vatican has not made details of discussion during the meeting public
Pope Francis met both Canadian cardinals based in Vatican on Saturday as Canada reels from discovery of remains of 215 children at a former school for indigenous students run by the Church.
The pope met Cardinal Michael Czerny and Cardinal Marx Ouellet. The Vatican mentioned the meetings in its daily announcement of papal appointments.
Cardinal Ouellet meets the pope on Saturday every week in his capacity as head of the Vatican department. The department oversees bishops.
Cardinal Czerny the Vatican s expert on migrants and refugees, does not have a regular weekly meeting with the pope. He is a Czech-born Canadian national whose family emigrated to Montreal when he was two years old.
Pope Francis met with both Vatican-based Canadian cardinals on Saturday as the country reels from the discovery of the remains of about 215 children near a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., run by the Catholic Church.
Papst traf kanadische Kardinäle nach Skandal um indigene Schule kurier.at - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kurier.at Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UNO und Trudeau fordern Aufklärung von Schicksal indigener Kinder | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online tt.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tt.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.