Pope Francis is expected to visit at least three cities during a late July trip to Canada.
Sources involved in the planning of the trip say the Pope will likely make stops in Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit during what is scheduled to be about a four-day trip to the country. CBC News is not identifying the confidential sources because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Métis National Council president Cassidy Caron said Vatican advance teams have already scouted Iqaluit, Quebec City and Edmonton in preparation for the trip. "This year, I would like to be with you on those days," Pope Francis said in Italian on April 1, during his final remarks to Indigenous delegates.
Obed said that ITK was involved in a site visit by Vatican officials last Friday in Iqaluit that he described as positive. During his 12-day cross-Canada trip, Pope John Paul II waves to the thousands who gathered on Sept.17, 1984, for his open-air mass at the Namao airfield outside of Edmonton.But since the 85-year-old Pontiff has significant health limitations, they say central hubs that can accommodate as many residential school survivors as possible will be selected to represent Northern, Western and Eastern Canada.
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