Vatican

• Dozens of Indigenous artifacts return to Canada from Vatican

  First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders welcomed 61 Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican at Montreal’s airport, marking the first step in returning items held for decades.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2025
  
• Vatican says it will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada

  Negotiations on returning the Vatican items accelerated after Pope Francis in 2022 met with Indigenous leaders who had traveled to the Vatican.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2025
  
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• Warsaw archbishop asks Vatican to defrock Polish priest charged with the killing of a homeless man

  A Warsaw archbishop has asked the Vatican to defrock a priest charged with brutally murdering a homeless man with an ax and fire following a dispute over housing.

  World

  Jul 27, 2025
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• Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza, and offers a Happy Mother’s Day

  Pope Leo XIV, in his first Sunday blessing, called for peace in Ukraine and an immediate Gaza ceasefire, urging an end to war and unity in the Catholic Church.

  World

  May 11, 2025
• Voting continues on day 2 of conclave as no pope elected in latest ballots

  With no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the 133 cardinals returned to the Vatican residences where they are being sequestered.

  World

  May 8, 2025
• What’s in a name? How a new pope chooses their title

  A new pope could be chosen before the week is through as cardinals hold a conclave, and the name the new pontiff chooses could signal where he intends to take the church.

  World

  May 7, 2025
• ‘Like time stopped’: memorial mass in Montreal pays tribute to Pope Francis

  Montreal held a memorial mass for Pope Francis at Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral as faithful mourned his passing and shared hopes for the next pope.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2025
• Pope makes 1st public appearance at Vatican since leaving hospital

  Pope Francis made his first public appearance at the Vatican since leaving hospital, being taken into St. Peter's Square to greet the public gathered.

  World

  Apr 6, 2025
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• Pope Francis suffers new respiratory crises, back on ventilation: Vatican

  The crises were a new setback in what has become a more than two-week battle by the 88-year-old pope to overcome a complex respiratory infection.

  World

  Mar 3, 2025
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• Pope Francis sees slight improvement, resumes some work activities

  Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection, the Vatican said.

  World

  Feb 24, 2025