Vatican returned three fragments of Parthenon temple in what Pope Francis has called a gesture of friendship, it comes as Greece continues its bid to recover remains from British Museum
The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago.
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