Papal Canada Visit News
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Courage, resilience: Trip shows tenacity of Canada’s Indigenous and pope
Aug 02, 2022
At the end of his six-day visit to Canada, Pope Francis, sitting in a wheelchair, said goodbye to Chief Wilton Littlechild, also sitting in a wheelchair.
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Pope to Canada's Inuit youth: 'Come to see the Inuk face of Jesus'
Aug 02, 2022
In Iqaluit, Canada's northernmost city, Pope Francis invites young Inuit to work within their own culture and in the “beautiful” Inuktitut language to continue to walk forward, come to the light each day, and be part of a team, with the hope that they “might embrace the Gospel preserved and handed down” by their ancestors and come to see the Inuk face of Jesus Christ.
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Choose light over darkness, Pope Francis tells young people in Iqaluit
Aug 01, 2022
Pope Francis encouraged indigenous young people and elders in Iqaluit in northern Canada not to be disheartened but to seek out what is good.
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Pope Francis gifts his ‘dearest friend’ to Canada: St. Joseph
Aug 01, 2022
As Pope Francis concludes his visit to Canada, he is leaving behind his “dearest friend”: St. Joseph.
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Pope Francis: It was a genocide against indigenous peoples
Aug 01, 2022
On the return flight from Canada, Pope Francis speaks about his just-concluded Apostolic Journey and about old and new colonialisms. He says he has not yet thought of resigning, making light of it, and speaks about Germany's synodal path, doctrinal development, and the importance of women in the tra
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Pope thanks Virgin Mary for protection during pilgrimage to Canada
Aug 01, 2022
Pope Francis returns to Rome at the conclusion of his Apostolic Journey to Canada, and makes a stop at St. Mary Major to thank God for blessing his ‘penitential pilgrimage’.
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Pope Francis in Canada: When the gesture is the message
Jul 31, 2022
Pope Francis’ nearness, especially in his meetings with indigenous peoples, was the hallmark of his Apostolic Journey to Canada, which was filled with actions to underscore the penitential and reconciliatory dimension the Pope wanted to lend to the visit to Canadian soil.
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Cardinal Czerny reflects on Pope Francis’ visit to Canada
Jul 31, 2022
After traveling to Canada with Pope Francis, Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, describes the visit as one that inspired healing and reconciliation.
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Jesuit in Canada: We must all do better
Jul 31, 2022
Jesuit Fr. Alan Fogarty, the CEO of Salt + Light Media, shares his thoughts after attending the meeting of Pope Francis with the Jesuits in Canada, as well as what he hopes people will take from the Apostolic Journey.
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Oblates in Canada building a new relationship with indigenous peoples
Jul 31, 2022
Fr Mark Dessureault, OMI, reflects on the significance of the important step taken by Pope Francis towards healing and reconciliation with Canada‘s Indigenous peoples, and speaks about the new relationship his Congregation has forged with them.
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Sunday Reflection
Let us be guided by the Holy Spirit
One of the enduring images associated with Pentecost is that of Mary and the disciples of Jesus, gathered in the upper room, with tongues of flames lingering above their heads, while the Holy Spirit descends upon them like a dove.
