Pope Francis said on Sunday that talks were underway to return colonial-era artefacts in the Vatican Museum that were acquired from Indigenous peoples in Canada and voiced a willingness to return other problematic objects in the Vaticans collection on a case-by-case basis.The Seventh Commandment comes to mind If you steal something you have to give it back, Francis said during an airborne press conference en route home from Hungary.Recently, Francis returned to Greece the three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures that had been in the Vatican Museums collection for two centuries.
Pope Francis said Sunday that talks were underway to return artifacts in the Vatican Museum that were acquired from Indigenous peoples in Canada and voiced a willingness to return other colonial-era objects in the Vatican’s collection on a case-by-case basis.