The site of a yearly pilgrimage for the feast day of St. Anne, the bascillica where Pope Francis will hold mass Thursday is especially significant to Indigenous Catholics in Quebec.

Three residential school survivors who attended the papal mass at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Basilica outside Quebec City say they wanted to come to see the Pope in person.

Editor's Note: Please find the full text and English translation of the homily offered by Pope Francis during Mass at the National Shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupré on July 28, 2022. The journey of ...

Pope Francis celebrates Mass Thursday at the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec. (John Locher/AP) ...

Right before Mass began, two Indigenous women unfurled a banner at the altar of the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré that read: “Rescind the Doctrine” in bright red and black letters.

Right before Mass began, protesters displayed a banner at the altar of the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré that read: “Rescind the Doctrine” in bright red and black letters.

Ste. Anne de Beaupré celebrates Masses in Indigenous languages, oftentimes with traditional music and dances, on First Nations Sunday in June and on the Feast of St. Anne, according to ...

Right before Mass began, two Indigenous women unfurled a banner at the altar of the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre that read: "Rescind the Doctrine" in bright red and black letters.

The thousands who attended Pope Francis’s mass at the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré on Thursday morning were not expecting yet another apology from the pontiff. But many had hoped they ...