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Watch live: Pope Francis has arrived at Lac Ste. Anne, place of pilgrimage to make his last public appearance in Alberta before leaving for Quebec
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July 26, 2022 • 43 minutes ago • 8 minutes read • 8 comments Switch to full screen mode Previous gallery image
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Members of the indigenous community await the arrival of Pope Francis in Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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A member of the indigenous community awaits the arrival of Pope Francis in Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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A member of Alexis Nakota’s Sioux Nation awaits the arrival of Pope Francis in Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the indigenous community display a banner that reads “Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation” as they await the arrival of Pope Francis at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of an indigenous community await the arrival of Pope Francis in Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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People await the arrival of Pope Francis at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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People await the arrival of Pope Francis at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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People await the arrival of Pope Francis at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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People on boats and on land await the arrival of Pope Francis at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the clergy await the arrival of Pope Francis in Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis greets when he arrives at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
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Sioux Nation member Alexis Nakota walks alongside Pope Francis as he arrives to participate in the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
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Sioux Nation member Alexis Nakota walks alongside Pope Francis as he arrives to participate in the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis arrives to attend the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage, an annual pilgrimage that welcomes tens of thousands of Indigenous participants from across Canada and the United States each year, to Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS
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Pope Francis arrives to participate in Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis blesses the lake water as he attends the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage, an annual pilgrimage that welcomes tens of thousands of Indigenous participants from across Canada and the United States each year, to Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS
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Pope Francis participates in Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis participates in Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis participates in Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis participates in Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis blesses pilgrims with water from the lake during the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
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Chief Tony Alexis of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation walks alongside Pope Francis during the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis sprinkles holy water on the way to the Shrine on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Lac Ste. Anne. Pope Francis visits Canada to apologize to indigenous survivors of decades of abuse at Catholic Church residential schools. Photo by Greg Southam / Postmedia
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Pope Francis blesses the people as he attends the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage, an annual pilgrimage that welcomes tens of thousands of Indigenous participants from across Canada and the United States each year, to Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS
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Pope Francis blesses pilgrims attending the pilgrimage in Lac Ste Anne, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. = Photo by TODD KOROL / REUTERS
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Pope Francis attends the Liturgy of the Word during the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage, an annual pilgrimage that welcomes tens of thousands of Indigenous participants from across Canada and the United States each year, to Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS
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Pope Francis greets as he arrives to give the Liturgy of the Word at the Sanctuary during Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis attends the Liturgy of the Word during the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage, an annual pilgrimage that welcomes tens of thousands of Indigenous participants from across Canada and the United States each year, to Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS
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Pope Francis has arrived at Lac Ste. Anne, a pilgrimage site northwest of Edmonton, to make her last public appearance in Alberta before heading to Quebec.
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Pope Francis greeted hundreds of people as he was pushed in a wheelchair along a path along the shores of Lac Ste. Anne.
Organizers of the event say it followed in the footsteps of those who have made the annual pilgrimage to the site believed to have healing powers.
Francis blessed the lake, then sat in silence looking at the water.
Pope Francis spent several minutes sprinkling water that he had blessed from Lac Ste. Anne to the people lined up at the annual pilgrimage site. Many in the crowd stretched their hands over a fence as water splashed in their direction.
The pontiff used a traditional wooden tool with a brush on the end and dipped it into a bowl of water while pushing him in a wheelchair.
— The Canadian Press
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