Vatican returns dozens of indigenous artefacts to Canada

The Vatican has returned 62 indigenous artefacts to Canada, 100 years after they were taken from tribes to appear in a ...

Vatican to return Indigenous cultural items to Canada taken a century ago

The items’ return began as part of a process in which Pope Francis apologized to Indigenous people in 2022 for the church’s ...

Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past

The Vatican has returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada. This move is part of the Catholic Church’s effort to ...

Vatican returns to Canada artefacts connected to Indigenous people

Catholic missionaries sent the artefacts to Rome on the occasion of a 1925 exhibition held by Pope Pius XI that displayed ...

Vatican returns Indigenous cultural items to Canada's Catholic bishops on a 'historic day'

A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis ...

Vatican to return 62 Indigenous cultural items to Canada

A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural items from First Nations, Métis ...

Vatican returns 62 Indigenous artifacts

The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts from its vast ethnographic collection to Indigenous peoples from Canada, as part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress ...

Pope returns dozens of Indigenous artifacts to Canada

An Inuit kayak, war clubs and masks were among the items handed over to Canadian bishops, who vowed to transfer them to ...
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Vatican returns 62 items taken from Indigenous communities in Canada

Pope Leo gifts the objects to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops after meeting their representatives.
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Pope returns Indigenous artifacts from Vatican Museums to Canada

The items were sent to Rome by Catholic missionaries between 1923 and 1925. They include an Inuit kayak, masks, moccasins and ...

Vatican returns contested Indigenous artifacts to Canada after 100 years

Part of that policy included confiscating items used in Indigenous spiritual and traditional rituals, such as the 1885 ...