In solemn final service of visit, Pope Francis lists challenges for Canadian Church Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com There were smiles, embraces and warm handshakes. The nave was resounding with laughter and…
Although most of his formal speeches and homilies were given in Spanish, Pope Francis read a few sentences in French at all the events organized in Quebec City. Abbé Marcel Caron (not visible) read the French and English versions of the texts during the Pope’s visit to Canada. (Photo by Myriam Labbé) 
Hundreds of people gathered around the large screens on the Plains of Abraham to hear Pope Francis’s sermon, which he delivered in his mother tongue, Spanish. The text was projected on the screen in French and English, and a priest at the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré also read the French text for those gathered there. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
Pope Francis and Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec, tour the Plains of Abraham and a small section of Upper Town, saluting the large crowd. 
The Jeunesses Musicales Canada cast of Une veuve joyeuse – Jeffrey Bernier, Marc-Antoine Brulé, Klara Martel-Laroche, Martin Perreault, Mathilde Duval-Laplante (the merry widow) and Sébastien Comtois – sing and dance during a scene at Maxim’s restaurant. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
As the opera comes to an end, Méphistophélès (Patrick Bolleire) and Faust (Thomas Bettinger) watch as Marguerite (Anne-Catherine Gillet) slowly ascends the stairway to heaven. (Photo by Jessica Latouche courtesy of Opéra de Québec) 
Members of the cast of Yourcenar – Une Île de passions take a bow at the end of the world première performance at the Palais Montcalm on July 28. In the front row are Hugo Laporte (Jerry), Stéphanie Pothier (Marguerite Yourcenar), Pierre Rancourt (a captain), Éric Champagne (composer), Hélène Dorion (librettist), Angela Konrad (stage director), Kimy McLaren (Grace), and Jean-Michel Richer (Daniel). Behind them are the 12 members of the choir of the Opéra de Montréal, and behind them are the members of the Violons du Roy orchestra. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau)