The Manitoba Métis Federation is sending a group of delegates to meet with Pope Francis on Thursday. The meeting was planned before the pontiff made an apology for the Roman Catholic church's role in residential school abuse.
President of the MMF, David Chartrand, said the focus of the meeting will be shifted now that an apology has been made.
Now that His Holiness has issued an apology to all Indigenous peoples, we can focus our meeting on the relationship between the Red River Métis and the Catholic Church, past, present, and future.
The theme for this week's meeting is Journey Forward: Reconciliation to Renewal, and it will feature discussions on Hope, Healing, and Revitalization.
