Pope Francis in Indigenous Headdress in Canada Draws Mixed Response

KRIS Channel 6 ^ | 7/26/22 | AP

[marshmallow]

It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers fastened in place by a colorful, beaded headband after he apologized for the Catholic Church's role in Canada's "disastrous" residential school system for Indigenous children.

Chief Wilton Littlechild, a residential school survivor himself, gave Francis the headdress Monday, placing it on his head amid cheering by an audience in Maskwacis, Alberta, that included many school survivors.

The Vatican and the pope clearly appreciated the gesture: Francis kissed Littlechild's hands after receiving the headdress, something he has done in the past as a sign of respect for Holocaust survivors, and has done on this trip for residential school survivors.

The Vatican obviously understood the symbolic significance of the moment, putting the photo on the front page of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano under the headline "I humbly beg forgiveness."

[slumber1]

It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.....

[DennisR]

Ha!

[daniel1212]

As if the first headdress is proper:

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Looks kinda rigid.

[AmericanMermaid]

This pope cannot get more ridiculous. He is a caricature.