‘I feel like an orphan for now’: Nunavut churches hold services for Pope Francis – Nunatsiaq News
Apr 25, 2025
Some churches hold special masses in memory of pontiff who died Monday at age 88
When Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88, for many people the news came as a shock but not a surprise.
“I felt like Francis had come to the end of his service and that he had been slowing down for a while,” Rev. Barry Bercier, the only Roman Catholic priest in Iqaluit, said in an interview Thursday at Our Lady of Assumption Roman Catholic Church.
Following the Vatican’s announcement of the Pope’s death, in Arviat the Church of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus has held a special mass every night, said Rev. Nsbiet Ekon, adding the services will continue until the Pope’s funeral Saturday.
