There’s no indication of timing for the visit; representatives of First Nations, Metis and Inuit groups are due to make a three-day visit to the Vatican in December
Bowing to years of pressure from Indigenous groups and Catholics appalled by the residential schools scandal, Canadian bishops have invited Pope Francis to visit Canada to help in the reconciliation process with the Indigenous peoples.
There was no indication when Pope Francis would go to Canada, though it appears his visit is not imminent. The Pope, who is 84, was in poor health in the summer and was in hospital for 10 days recovering from colon surgery. He has resumed traveling within Europe since then. The Vatican’s announcement came a month after the Canadian Catholic Church “unequivocally” apologized to the Indigenous peoples for the suffering they endured in the residential schools from the 19th century until the 1970s.
“For the Holy Father, in whom many of the faithful saw a lot of hope when he was installed [in 2013], full and complete recognition of the harm caused to Indigenous peoples was at the top of the list of what they wanted him to see him in Canada,” he told journalists on Wednesday. “I know there are mixed views, mixed perspectives on that.
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