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Pope returns 62 Canadian Indigenous people's artifacts

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Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous Canadians as "concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity"

As part of its broader reckoning with the Catholic Church's colonial past, the Vatican in 2023 formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery," the theories backed by 15th-century "papal bulls" that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands that form the basis of some property laws today.

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Pope returns 62 Canadian Indigenous people's artifacts after 100 years

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Vatican returns to Canada artefacts connected to Indigenous people

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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 ...

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Pope Leo XIV to open academic year at Lateran University: ‘This is his home,’ rector says

The Pontifical Lateran University will inaugurate the academic year on Nov. 14 with a very special guest: Pope Leo XIV.

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Vatican returns 62 artefacts connected to indigenous peoples from Canada

The move is part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress indigenous culture in the Americas.

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