Pope will not be stopping in Sask. for visit in July
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The Vatican confirmed three stops to Edmonton, Iqaluit and Quebec City during Pope Francis's visit from July 24 to 29. Despite pleas from leaders, Saskatchewan will not be visited.
The Vatican confirmed in a release that Pope Francis will be making three stops during his trip to Canada from July 24 to 29 — but Saskatchewan isn’t one of them.
According to a Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) press release, the historic visit will be focused on Indigenous healing and reconciliation as Pope Francis will be stopping in Edmonton, Iqaluit and Quebec City.
The reasoning for the Vatican’s selection of the three stops is to consider the Pope’s health and limit travel for him.
Indigenous partners at a local and national level will develop a program for the papal visit. A full program and itinerary will be released six to eight weeks prior to the visit. The Pope is expected to visit the site of a former residential school and other locations of particular significance.
“We are immensely grateful that the Holy Father has accepted our invitation to continue the journey of healing and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples of this land,” CCCB president Bishop Raymond Poisson said in a statement.
“In late July, Pope Francis will have the opportunity to visit Indigenous Peoples here in their homeland, as he promised when he met them recently in Rome. We pray for the health of the Holy Father as we undertake the intensive planning for this historic visit.”
The visit comes after the Pope’s historic apology last month for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools in Canada.
Saskatchewan Indigenous leaders had pleaded for the CCCB to work with the Vatican to consider a visit to the province.
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