First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates are meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday for a final audience after a week of discussions about the Roman Catholic Church’s primary role in Canada’s residential school system.
All of the Indigenous delegates are scheduled to meet with Pope Francis at 12 p.m. local time for a public gathering. The Pope has been holding separate private meetings all week with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations.
Among other things, the delegates called on Pope Francis to finally issue an apology for the Church’s role in residential schools, to intervene in the case of a fugitive Oblate priest
