"I won't come to you in winter!"
Pope Francis joked last April 1 when addressing the delegations of native Canadian Indians who came to visit him at the Vatican.
It wasn't an April Fool's joke.
Despite his health problems
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the pope, 85, keeps his promise: he takes off this Sunday for Canada when few were betting on such a journey.
Didn't he have to cancel at the last minute his trip to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, from July 2 to 5?
His knee is better.
Wednesday, receiving Prince Albert of Monaco and Princess Charlene, François moved with a cane, without a wheelchair.
However, the Canadian program has been lightened.
No demonstration will last more than one hour.
François is expected Sunday evening in the city of Edmonton, capital of the province of Alberta, to the west of this immense country, which is larger than Europe!
Wednesday and Thursday, he will visit Quebec to celebrate Saint Anne.
It will end on Friday...
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