Bells toll, faithful gather as Archbishop of Toronto holds mass for Pope Francis [Video]

Mourners gathered at a Toronto basilica for a mass dedicated to the late Pope Francis where the city’s Archbishop remembered a pontiff dedicated to building bridges and offering compassion to marginalized groups.

Cardinal Frank Leo told faithful who bowed their heads at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica to remember the many ways Francis served as the Church’s spiritual father and embodied Christian ideals including compassion for the sick, the poor and refugees.

Afterwards, Leo told media gathered at a press conference that Francis would ask about Canada in their meetings and cared about efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, as evidenced by his visit to Canada in 2022 to apologize for abuses in Church-run residential schools.

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