Delegates from the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) travelled to Rome on April 18 to meet with Pope Francis. This was a separate meeting from the group of Indigenous delegates who met with the Pope earlier and received a long overdue, but historic apology for the trauma inflicted by residential schools in Canada.
The MMF selected delegates that were cabinet members, Metis elders and youth, as well as residential school survivors and some bishops to embark on this journey.