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Vatican Returns Indigenous Items, But Draws Criticism For Labeling Them ‘Gifts’
Vatican Returns Indigenous Items, But Draws Criticism For Labeling Them ‘Gifts’

Activists advocating for the repatriation of artifacts “stolen by Pope Pius XI and his missionaries” from First Nations communities are unhappy by Pope Leo XIV labeling of these items as a “gift” despite his agreement to return them. The Holy See said the pope “gifted to the CCCB the 62 artifacts belonging to the ethnological collections of the Vatican Museums” as “an act of ecclesial sharing.”

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Canada, Arts & Culture, Catholicism, Christianity, Crime, Culture, Human Rights, Religion News, Religious EqualityJules GomesJules Gomes, Canadian Conference Of Catholic Bishops, Stolen Religious Goods, First peoples, ZengerNews, Zenger News, Zenger, Primary featureComment