There, Pope Francis paid respects at a cemetery near a former residential school for Indigenous children. He then delivered a long-sought apology for Catholic complicity in the 19th- and 20th-century residential school system for the First Nations, Metis and Inuit people of Canada.

Bishop Edgar da Cunha, leader of the Fall River Diocese, remembered Pope Francis for his humanity and simplicity during a special evening Mass.

One hundred or so faithful came to Holy Angels Cathedral Saturday morning for a special Mass honoring Pope Francis, who died April 21 after a long illness, and were invited to make acts of