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Pope Leo XIV receives Bishop Pierre Goudreault of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (center), Archbishop Richard Smith of Vancouver (right), and Father Jean Vézina, secretary-general of the Canadian bishops (left), in a Nov. 15, 2025, meeting at which the Holy Father gifted dozens of artifacts that originated with Indigenous peoples of the North American country. Leo at the meeting donated 62 pieces from the ethnological collections of the Vatican Museums to the Canadian bishops.

Indigenous artifacts from Vatican welcomed in Montreal ceremony

Dec 8, 2025

By The B.C. Catholic

Indigenous artifacts were formally transferred to Indigenous leaders in Montreal as part of the Jubilee of Hope declared by Pope... Read more