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Its well known that the Pope is coming to Canada July 24-29 as part of his pilgrimage of healing, reconciliation and hope. The Pope will arrive in Edmonton July 24th and on July 25th will travel to the Ermineskin Indian Residential School in the community of Maskwacis south of the city. Then on July 26, Pope Francis will attend an open mass at Commonwealth Stadium which can hold about 65,000 people.
Attendance at the mass if free but tickets can only be accessed through the papal website, which will provide a direct link to the Ticketmaster at 10:30 a.m. MST on Wednesday, July 6.
Last month the pope apologized for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools in Canada. In the wake of that apology and and to further healing and reconciliation it has just been announced that the pope will visit Edmonton, Quebec City, Iqaluit in July.
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