♦ Sunday 24 July

9 hours. Depart by plane from Rome Fiumicino International Airport to Edmonton, the capital of the province of Alberta in western Canada.

11:20 a.m. local time (7:20 p.m. Paris). François is officially welcomed at Edmonton International Airport.

♦ Monday 25 July

10 a.m. (6 p.m. in Paris). Meeting with Indigenous Peoples, First Nations, Métis and Inuit in the hamlet of Maskwacis, home to one of the largest Native American residential schools in Canada.

François will deliver a speech there that will mark the beginning of his process of seeking forgiveness for the abuse committed against around 150,000 Aboriginal children between 1831 and 1996. With 25 boarding schools, Alberta is the Canadian territory hardest hit by these facilities, which are run by the Catholic Church at the request of the Canadian government.

4:45 p.m. (12:45 a.m. in Paris). Meet with Native Americans and parishioners at the Church of the Sacred Heart of the First Peoples in Edmonton, the city with the most Native Americans in the country. Pope Francis will give another speech.

♦ Tuesday, July 26th

10:15 a.m. (6:15 p.m. Paris). The Pope celebrates Mass at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada’s second largest stadium.

5 p.m. (1 hour in Paris). Francis will take part in the pilgrimage to Lac Sainte-Anne, where he will celebrate the Liturgy of the Word and preach a homily. This step is highly symbolic because every year tens of thousands of indigenous people from Canada and the United States flock to this place, which they consider sacred, on this date, which marks the feast of the Mother of the Virgin Mary.

♦ Wednesday 27 July

9 a.m. (5 p.m. in Paris). Departure by plane from Edmonton International Airport to Quebec, the state capital of the province of the same name on the Saint Lawrence River.

3:05 p.m. (9:05 p.m. in Paris). Arrive at Quebec International Airport.

3:40 p.m. (9:40 p.m. Paris). Welcoming ceremony at the “Citadel of Quebec”, the residence of the Governor General, the representative of the Queen of England in Canada.

4 p.m. (10 p.m. in Paris). Courtesy call to Mary Simon, the 30th Governor-General.

4:20 p.m. (10:20 p.m. in Paris). Meeting with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.

4:45 p.m. (10:45 p.m. in Paris). Meetings with civil authorities, representatives of indigenous peoples and the diplomatic corps. The Pope will give a speech there.

♦ Thursday, July 28th

10 a.m. (4 p.m. in Paris). François will celebrate Mass at the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré National Shrine, one of the oldest and most popular pilgrimage sites in North America, attracting more than a million visitors annually (including annual indigenous pilgrimages). The organizers expect 10,000 to 15,000 participants.

5:15 p.m. (11:15 p.m. in Paris). Vespers with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and chaplains in the Basilica-Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Quebec.

♦ Friday 29 July

9 a.m. (3 p.m. in Paris). In a private capacity in the Archdiocese of Quebec, François will meet with members of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), as he does on each of his visits abroad.

10:45 a.m. (4:45 p.m. Paris). The Pope will meet a delegation of natives in the Archdiocese of Quebec present in Quebec. He will give a greeting there.

12:45 p.m. (6:45 p.m. Paris). Depart by plane from Quebec City International Airport to Iqaluit, the capital of the Territory of Nunavut in northeastern Canada. With a population of 8,000, including 3,900 Inuit, Iqaluit, whose Inuktitut name means ‘place full of fish’, is the territory’s largest city.

The city was established near a US military base to accommodate military aircraft coming and going from Europe during World War II.

3:50 p.m. (9:50 p.m. in Paris). Arrive at Iqaluit Airport.

4:15 p.m. (10:15 p.m. in Paris). Private meeting with some former Indian Boarding School students at Iqaluit Primary School.

5 p.m. (11 p.m. in Paris). Meeting young and old people in the plaza of the primary school in Iqaluit. The Pope will give a speech there.

18:15 (00:15 in Paris). Departure ceremony at Iqaluit Airport.

6:45 p.m. (12:45 a.m. in Paris). Departure by plane from Iqaluit airport to Rome. The Pope will hold his traditional press conference there.

♦ Saturday 30 July

7:50 a.m Arrive at Rome Fiumicino International Airport.