Syncretism Masquerading as “Ecclesial Sharing” in Vatican’s Artefact Gesture
The VaticanNews portal reports on 15 November 2025 that antipope Leo XIV gifted 62 indigenous artifacts to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), framing this act as “a concrete sign of dialogue, respect, and fraternity” following his predecessor’s 2022 visit to Canada and the 2023 repudiation of the “Doctrine of Discovery.” The artifacts, originally sent to Rome for the 1925 Vatican Missionary Exhibition under Pius XI, are described as witnesses to “the encounter between faith and the cultures of indigenous peoples.” The Canadian bishops pledged to “properly safeguard and preserve” these objects in collaboration with the Vatican’s Directorate of Cultural Heritage. This theatrical restitution, couched in the language of Jubilee “hope,” exemplifies the neo-church’s capitulation to naturalism and betrayal of its evangelic mandate.









