Indigenous leaders remember Pope Francis’s visit to Canada, hope reconciliation efforts continue
Indigenous leaders remember Pope Francis’s visit to Canada, hope reconciliation efforts continue
Pope Francis speaks to people at Lac Ste. Anne to participate in the pilgrimage, during his Papal visit across Canada on Tuesday July 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

The late Pope Francis visited Alberta, Quebec and Nunavut for his six-day 'pilgrimage of penance' in July 2022. During the historic visit he apologized for the 'evil committed by so many Christians' in residential schools. Former grand chief Mandy Gull-Masty, now a Liberal Party candidate for the Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou riding, recounts her impressions of meeting the Pope.