Pope returns 62 Canadian Indigenous people's artifacts after 100 years
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Pope Leo XIV gifted 62 Indigenous people's artifacts held for more than 100 years by the Vatican to leaders of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Pope Leo XIV gifted 62 Indigenous people's artifacts held for more than 100 years by the Vatican to leaders of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Pope Leo XIV gave the artifacts, including an iconic Inuit kayak, and supporting documentation to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, which said it would return the items to individual Indigenous communities “as soon as possible.”
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
An Inuit kayak, war clubs and masks were among the items handed over to Canadian bishops, who vowed to transfer them to Indigenous groups. But some have criticized the "church-to-church" restitution process.
