Pope Francis to Spend 1st Day in Canada with Indigenous People & Church Leaders | EWTN News Nightly

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Pope Francis is spending his first full day in Canada holding 2 meetings with indigenous peoples and also talking with Church leaders. The Holy Father arrived on Sunday in Edmonton and was greeted by representative from the indigenous peoples. The meeting inside an airplane hanger launched the 6 day journey. The 85 year old will also visit Quebec City and the capital of Nunavut in the north. Pope Francis is expected to meet with and apologize to indigenous Canadians for the abuses committed at Church-run residential schools. EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief, Andreas Thonhauser, joins to give us an update about the pope in Canada. There was a document released on Friday by Pope Francis. Thonhauser discusses this further and why the pope issued it now. Sunday was also World Grandparents Day, another topic that is dear to the Holy Father. Thonhauser talks about this. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

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