The pope was a friend, and they talked sports: Wilton Littlechild remembers Francis – CFWE
Apr 22, 2025
Wilton Littlechild remembers closing his eyes before Pope Francis lead his first mass at the Vatican more than a decade ago.
He wanted to clearly hear every word.
As the pope’s voice grew louder, Littlechild, a residential school survivor and former commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, says he became still and thought: “I was listening to one of our elders.”
Littlechild says it was the first time he saw the head of the Catholic Church as an ally of Indigenous people.
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