Pope in Quebec amid decline of Catholic Church in province

FILE - A woman walks by Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, on April 10, 2020. Pope Francis arrives in Quebec on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at a time when many French Canadians in the province are not only moving away from religion but explicitly rejecting it, embracing secularization long after their forebears built their identify on the rock of the Catholic Church. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP, File) QUEBEC CITY (AP) ” Pope Francis arrives in Quebec on Wednesday at a time when many French Canadians in the province are not only moving away from religion but explicitly rejecting it, embracing secularization long after their forebears built their identify on the rock of the Catholic Church. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]