The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts sought by Indigenous communities in Canada

Queen Camilla turned heads in Vatican City on Thursday, October 23, during a solemn yet elegant visit to the Pauline Chapel alongside King Charles III. The royal couple’s stop marked a deeply symbolic moment in their historic State Visit,

King Charles III and Queen Camilla prayed Thursday with Pope Leo XIV in a historic visit to the Vatican to forge closer relations between the Church of England and the Catholic Church.

Sources tell CBC News the Vatican and the Canadian Catholic Church are making good progress toward an agreement to return Indigenous cultural objects before the end of the year, in a handoff facilitated by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Reports circulating in media outlets and on social media in October 2025 allege that the Vatican has opened a prayer room for Muslims in the Apostolic Library.

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Latter-day Saint apostle Gerrit Gong attends a summit on artificial intelligence in Vatican City and urges faith leaders to evaluate A.I. ethics.