Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups


              Pope Francis greets residential school survivor Elder Vicki Arcand of the Alexander First Nation as George Arcand left, grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations looks on as he arrives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday, July 24, 2022. His visit to Canada is aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Governor-General Mary Simon, right, receives a gift from an Indigenous person as Grand Chief George Arcand, center, looks on as they await the arrival of Pope Francis in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Pope Francis, left, is welcomed by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon as he arrives at Edmonton's International airport, Canada, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Pope Francis begins a weeklong trip to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for the abuses committed by Catholic missionaries in the country's notorious residential schools. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
            
              Pope Francis kisses the hand of residential school survivor Elder Alma Desjarlais of the Frog Lake First Nation as Chief Greg Desjarlais left looks on as he arrives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday, July 24, 2022. His visit to Canada is aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Pope Francis is greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he arrives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday, July 24, 2022. His visit to Canada is aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Grand Chief George Arcand of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations waits for the arrival of Pope Francis Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
            
              A six-person drum circle from the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation perfoms to welcome Pope Francis Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
            
              Pope Francis is greeted by George Arcand, Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, as he arrives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday, July 24, 2022. His visit to Canada is aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Pope Francis is welcomed by a group of Indigenous leaders Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
            
              Canadian and Vatican flags fly from the plane carrying Pope Francis as he arrives Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
            
              Pope Francis arrives at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International airport Sunday, July 24, 2022, to board his flight to Edmonton, Canada, where he will start a six-day pastoral visit to the country. Pope Francis begins a weeklong trip to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for the abuses committed by Catholic missionaries in the country's notorious residential schools. (AP Photo/Riccardo de Luca)
            
              FILE - President of the Metis community, Cassidy Caron, second left, and other delegates arrive to speak to the media in St. Peter's Square after their meeting with Pope Francis at The Vatican, March 28, 2022. Pope Francis’ trip to Canada, which begins Sunday July 24, 2022, to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy in the Americas, spurred on by the first American pope and the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at the school sites. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups