Pope voices willingness to return Indigenous loot, artifacts - Cowichan Valley Citizen
‘In the case where you can return things, where it’s necessary to make a gesture, better to do it’
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‘In the case where you can return things, where it’s necessary to make a gesture, better to do it’
The Vatican has an extensive collection of artifacts and art made by Indigenous peoples from around the world, much of it sent to Rome by missionaries for an exhibition in the Vatican Gardens.
The Pope said, ‘The Seventh Commandment comes to mind – if you steal something you have to give it back.’
The pope recently returned to Greece three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures.
Pope discusses the Holy See’s efforts to facilitate a truce in Ukraine and the return of Ukrainian children from Russia