Indigenous leaders reflect on late Pope Francis’s visit to Quebec City – CBC

Apr 21, 2025

Visited in July 2022 to apologize for the church’s role in residential schools

It was an interaction between the late Pope Francis and an elderly residential school survivor that struck Mandy Gull-Masty the most when she met the pontiff during his visit to Quebec City three years ago.

Gull-Masty, the former Grand Chief of the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee, watched as the elder shared her story of being ripped away from her family at age three, the pope listening attentively.

“She went into that space and she had such a spirit of openness and forgiveness and she was able to be part of a discussion,” said Gull-Masty. “I think it really meant a lot to her.”

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