A native awaits the arrival of Pope Francis in Canada. Photo: AP
The Pope francesco celebrates mass on Tuesday at a stadium in Edmonton, west of Canadathe day after he apologized for the “evil” caused to the indigenous peoples of the country.
Mass is expected to begin after 10:00 at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, where the Pope He will give the homily in Spanish.
In his first speech on Monday, 85-year-old Francis apologized for decades of abuse in residential schools for indigenous children run by the Catholic Church in Canada.
Francis apologized for the decades of abuse committed in residential schools for indigenous children. Photo: AP
“I apologize for the way in which many members of the Church and religious communities have collaborated, including through indifference, in these projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation,” he said.
This Tuesday, in the continuation of a journey that he himself defined a “penitential pilgrimage”, he will greet the parishioners aboard his popemobile, despite knee pain that force him to use a cane or a wheelchair and restrict his movements.
According to the organizers, it is expected presence of 63,000 people grounded, under an important safety device.
Knee pain forces him to use a cane or wheelchair. Photo: EFE
The spiritual leader of the nearly 1.3 billion Catholics in the world will then travel to Lake St. Anne (23:00 GMT), located about 80 kilometers west of Edmonton, one of the main pilgrimage sites in North America.
Every year, since the end of the 19th century, thousands of pilgrims have come to bathe and pray in the waters of this lake, which according to the natives has healing properties.
July 26 is the feast of St. Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus in the Catholic tradition, an important figure for many Canadian Aboriginal communities.
On Wednesday he will visit Quebec City before the last leg of the trip, Friday in Iqaluit (Nunavut), a city in northern Canada in the Arctic archipelago.
request for forgiveness
The pope apologized on Monday in front of a crowd of indigenous people First Nations, Meti and Inuit, in Maskwacissouth of Edmonton, a town that hosted the Ermineskin Residential School from 1895 to 1975.
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