Preparations in high gear 48 hours before Quebec City papal visit
Global News
Tens of thousands are expected to see Pope Francis in Quebec when he arrives from Alberta for the second leg of his visit to Canada, on what he's termed his pilgrimage of penance.
By mid-afternoon Wednesday there could be standing room only on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City.
Tens of thousands are expected to be there to see Pope Francis who will arrive from Alberta for the second leg of his visit to Canada. It has been termed his pilgrimage of penance to speak about and to apologize for the abuse suffered by Indigenous children at church-run residential schools across the country.
“Edmonton represents the west, everything that happened in the west, and Quebec represents everything that happened in central Canada and eastern Canada,” explained Reverend Christian Lépine, Archbishop of Montreal Catholic Diocese.
The Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, will be making two stops in Quebec.
The first stop is in the provincial capital where he’s expected to meet with government officials including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon, at the citadel shortly after arriving from the Jean Lesage airport.
After that he’ll deliver a public address. People gathered on the Plains of Abraham will be able to watch on large screens.
Then he’ll do a short tour of the Plains in the Popemobile to greet the throngs who’re expected there to see him. Authorities are warning people of road closures and advising them to use public transit.
All the tickets for a mass on Thursday in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, north-east of Quebec City, have been distributed. The mass, where he’s expected to address former residential school students and their families, is the main event on his Quebec trip.
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