If you didn’t get tickets last week for Pope Francis’ Mass in Edmonton later this month, additional tickets will be released Monday morning.
A new block of free tickets to the July 26 Holy Mass at Commonwealth Stadium will be released on Monday at 10:30am MT.
Tickets will be available through a Ticketmaster link accessible through the home page of the papal visit. People can order up to six tickets for the outdoor mass.
Mass at Commonwealth Stadium begins at 10:15 am on July 26. The facility can accommodate up to 65,000 attendees for a program that officials say will incorporate indigenous traditions as part of the gathering.
The final block of tickets for Mass will be released on Monday, July 18 at 10:30am MT.
The first round of tickets became available online last Wednesday and sold out in less than half an hour.
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Days later, officials at the Pope’s visit to Canada warned people not to buy tickets from any resale sites.
In the days after the ticket launch Wednesday, several retailers were offering tickets to the Mass, in some cases for as much as $200 each.
“It is sad and concerning that someone would attempt to resell free tickets to an event with Pope Francis as part of his pilgrimage of healing, reconciliation and hope,” a Friday press release said.
“Members of the public should avoid resale sites as tickets may not be legitimate.”
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The Pope will arrive in Edmonton on July 24. The following day, he will meet with survivors and visit the site of the former Ermineskin Residential School in Maskwacis, about 50 miles south of Edmonton.
It is scheduled to arrive in Quebec City on July 27 and stop in Iqaluit on July 29.
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The pope’s visit comes after he apologized in April to indigenous delegates at the Vatican for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools and the intergenerational trauma it caused.
— with files from The Canadian Press.
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