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Dozens of Indigenous artifacts return to Canada from VaticanFirst 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.CanadaDec 6, 2025
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Vatican says it will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in CanadaNegotiations on returning the Vatican items accelerated after Pope Francis in 2022 met with Indigenous leaders who had traveled to the Vatican.CanadaOct 22, 2025
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Warsaw archbishop asks Vatican to defrock Polish priest charged with the killing of a homeless manA 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.WorldJul 27, 2025
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Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza, and offers a Happy Mother’s DayPope 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.WorldMay 11, 2025
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Voting continues on day 2 of conclave as no pope elected in latest ballotsWith no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the 133 cardinals returned to the Vatican residences where they are being sequestered.WorldMay 8, 2025
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What’s in a name? How a new pope chooses their titleA 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.WorldMay 7, 2025
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‘Like time stopped’: memorial mass in Montreal pays tribute to Pope FrancisMontreal 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.CanadaApr 27, 2025
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Pope makes 1st public appearance at Vatican since leaving hospitalPope Francis made his first public appearance at the Vatican since leaving hospital, being taken into St. Peter's Square to greet the public gathered.WorldApr 6, 2025
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Pope Francis suffers new respiratory crises, back on ventilation: VaticanThe 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.WorldMar 3, 2025
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Pope Francis sees slight improvement, resumes some work activitiesPope 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.WorldFeb 24, 2025
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