Indigenous artifacts from Vatican returning to Canada as gift from Pope Leo

A historic collection of Indigenous artifacts held by Vatican Museums for a century was handed back to Indigenous groups across the country Saturday morning as a gift from Pope Leo.

Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, reckoning with colonial past

Pope Leo XIV gave the artifacts, including an iconic Inuit kayak, and supporting documentation to the Canadian Conference of ...

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 to Return Indigenous Cultural Items to Canada Taken a Century Ago

Dozen of pieces used in a 1925 exhibition, including a whale-hunting kayak, will be returned to Canada early next month.

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

Pope Leo XIV gifted 62 Indigenous people's artifacts held for more than 100 years by the Vatican to leaders of the Canadian ...
National Catholic Register

Pope Leo XIV Presents 62 Indigenous Artifacts to Canadian Bishops

Leo at the meeting donated 62 pieces from the ethnological collections of the Vatican Museums to the Canadian bishops. Bishop ...

Hollywood stars shower Pope Leo with gifts on Vatican visit

Pope Leo was presented with a bracelet by Cate Blanchett and a personalised New York Knicks basketball jersey by Spike Lee as ...
National Catholic Reporter

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 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 ...