You're listening to the SSPX podcast, and welcome to Questions with Father

Number 37 with Father David Sherry, the District Superior of Canada for the Society of St. Pius

the 10th. As the world and the media turned their attention to Canada last week for the visit of Pope

Francis, many of our listeners

had questions. So we spoke to Father Sherry about four main topics regarding the so-called

penitential pilgrimage of the Holy Father. First, should the Holy Father or any Pope apologize

on behalf of the Catholic Church for anything? If so, under what circumstances, and for what things?

Second, should the Holy Father have even visited Canada?

Third, it's a common narrative these days to say that the Catholic Church colonized and forced

native peoples, not just in Canada, to convert to Catholicism.

Is this the practice of the Church?

And specifically, did it happen in Canada

the way it's been reported? And fourth, what are we to think of the Holy Father, or any

Pope, bishop, or priest, taking part in native ceremonies? Such as accepting the gift of a native

headdress or being present during a native smudging or incense ceremony. The answers to some of these questions may surprise you,

and you may look at this situation just a bit differently afterwards.

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