Assembly of First Nations National Chief, RoseAnne Archibald, has announced that the Indigenous delegation planning a trip to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis has been postponed due to pandemic concerns. The trip was planned for next week and private meetings were to take place with the Pope from December 17 to 20.
The goal of the delegation was the ask the Pope to apologize personally for the Roman Catholic Church's role in running residential schools in Canada. This is something that former Pope Benedict failed to do when asked by a delegation back in 2009.
The delegation hoped these meetings would set the groundwork for the Pope's upcoming trip to Canada which has yet to be scheduled.
We are still waiting to find out more information about the ground search at the former residential school site in Dauphin that took place last month.
