Pope trip to Canada in July on course despite knee problem

Pope Francis leaves after attending the 10th World Meeting of Families at the Vatican, June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will have at least five meetings with indigenous people during a trip to Canada in July, making good on a promise to apologise in the country for the Roman Catholic Church's role in abusive residential schools.

A programme released on Thursday showed the pope plans to go ahead with the July 24-30 trip despite problems with his knee that forced him to cancel a visit to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan in the first week of July.