Canada indigenous seek dialogue with Vatican on repatriation of artefacts

Indigenous delegates from Canada's First Nations pose for a photo with Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican, March 31, 2022. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS

Canadian indigenous leaders seeking an apology for the Catholic Church's role in notorious residential schools where children where abused also want to start a dialogue on the return of native artefacts held in the Vatican Museums.

"My view is that we should sit down with Church officials and begin discussions about repatriation," Phil Fontaine of the Sagkeeng First Nation and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), told Reuters.