Vatican Lowkey Gives Back Drip to Indigenous Peoples 🇨🇦🙏

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Alright, fam, listen up! The Vatican was like, "My bad," and gave back 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada. These weren't just, like, some random rocks. We're talking legit historical items, including an Inuit kayak! These things were part of the Anima Mundi museum collection, which is basically a super old collection of stuff sent to Rome by Catholic missionaries.

So, why the sudden giveaway? Well, it's the Church tryna make amends for how they lowkey suppressed Indigenous culture back in the day. There's been a whole debate over whether these artifacts were given willingly, considering the missionaries were kinda running the show at the time. Like, was it really a "gift" or more like a "take it or leave it" situation?

After a sit-down in 2022 between Indigenous leaders and Pope Francis, things started moving faster than your Wi-Fi. The Pope was like, "Yeah, let's give some of this stuff back." Now, a joint statement from the Vatican and the Canadian church is calling it a "vibe" - a concrete sign of dialogue, respect, and fraternity." The Canadian bishops are like, holding onto these artifacts and are gonna give them to the right Indigenous community, and make sure they are respected and safe.

What's next for these relics? They're heading to the Canadian Museum of History. Experts and Indigenous representatives will team up to figure out exactly where they came from and what they should be used for now. It's all part of the Vatican finally disowning the "Doctrine of Discovery" from way back in 2023, basically admitting they were complicit in the colonial era Ls.