The meeting between Canadian Indigenous leaders and Pope Francis has been rescheduled for the week of March 28th. The meeting was supposed to take place in December but had to be pushed due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
There will be up to 30 Indigenous elders, residential school survivors, and youth meeting with the pope to talk with him about reconciliation and healing. The Indigenous delegates plan to share their expectations for a papal visit to Canada. The hope part of the pope's visit to Canada will include an official apology for the church's role in residential schools.
