Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past

This move is part of the Catholic Church’s effort to address its role in suppressing Indigenous culture in the Americas.

Pope brings Holy Year and prayers for better future to Rome prison, a 'cathedral of pain and hope'

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome's main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church's once every quarter-century celebration that ...
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 ...
America Magazine

Review: A first look at an intriguing new pope

Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy' presents readers with a substantive, engaging portrait of where things ...
America Magazine

Pope Leo to call College of Cardinals to Rome for a two-day January meeting

Pope Leo XIV intends to call all the cardinals to the Vatican for a two-day meeting on Jan. 7-8, 2026, the Vatican ...
Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV presents 62 indigenous artifacts to Canadian bishops

It is an act of ecclesial sharing, through which the Successor of Peter entrusts to the Church in Canada these objects, which ...

Pope returns 62 artifacts to Canada's Indigenous peoples as part of reckoning with colonial past

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church ...