Meeting with representatives of the Canadian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Pope Leo XIV gifts 62 artefacts from the Vatican ...
Pope Leo XIV gave the artifacts, including an iconic Inuit kayak, and supporting documentation to the Canadian Conference of ...
The items’ return began as part of a process in which Pope Francis apologized to Indigenous people in 2022 for the church’s ...
Pope Leo XIV gifted 62 Indigenous people's artifacts held for more than 100 years by the Vatican to leaders of the Canadian ...
Catholic missionaries sent the artifacts to Rome on the occasion of a 1925 exhibition held by Pope Pius XI that displayed ...
Leo at the meeting donated 62 pieces from the ethnological collections of the Vatican Museums to the Canadian bishops. Bishop ...
An Inuit kayak, war clubs and masks were among the items handed over to Canadian bishops, who vowed to transfer them to ...
The items were sent to Rome by Catholic missionaries between 1923 and 1925. They include an Inuit kayak, masks, moccasins and ...
Catholic missionaries sent the artefacts to Rome on the occasion of a 1925 exhibition held by Pope Pius XI that displayed ...