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Pope Francis visited Canada from July 24 to 29, 2022, with stops in the provinces of Alberta and Quebec and the territory of Nunavut. [2] The trip mainly focused on apologizing for the Catholic Church's role in the Canadian Indian residential school system and on reconciliation with the country's Indigenous peoples.
Pope Francis will say Mass for an expected crowd of 60,000 people on Tuesday, his first big open-air event on a trip to Canada centred around apologizing for the Catholic Church's role in ...
The current Archbishop of Toronto is Frank Leo, who was appointed in February 2023. Mass is celebrated within the Archdiocese of Toronto in 36 ethnic and linguistic communities every week, making it one of the most ethnically diverse Catholic dioceses in the world. [citation needed] Overall, the Archdiocese of Toronto is the largest in Canada.
The 17th World Youth Day 2002 (French: Journées mondiales de la jeunesse 2002) was a Catholic youth festival held July 23 to 28, 2002, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. World Youth Day is a celebration of faith begun by Pope John Paul II held on an international level every two to three years, and WYD2002 was the 10th such event.
Pearson, Timothy G. Becoming Holy in Early Canada (McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 2014.) Perin, Roberto. Rome in Canada: the Vatican and Canadian affairs in the late Victorian age (U of Toronto Press, 1990) Trofimenkoff, Susan Mann. The Dream of Nation: A Social and Intellectual History of Quebec (1982). passim, esp pp 115–31
Pope Benedict XVI photographed during a Papal Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica in 2013. A Papal Mass is the Solemn Pontifical High Mass celebrated by the Pope.It is celebrated on such occasions as a papal coronation, an ex cathedra pronouncement, the canonization of a saint, on Easter or Christmas or other major feast days.
The cathedral is home to Canada's largest English-speaking Catholic archdiocese. [citation needed] The current archbishop is Cardinal Francis "Frank" Leo, appointed by Pope Francis on 11 February 2023. [5] In addition to worship services, the church sponsors a number of outreach programs for nearby residents.
Local authorities estimate that a crowd of 600,000 gathered for the pope’s Mass, the Vatican told reporters. By early Tuesday morning, streets in the capital Dili were packed with cheering ...