Article: Montreal exhibit, June 4-Sept. 18: the Legacy of the Popes.

Thanks to the vision of Pope John Paul II of blessed memory, some 300 treasures of the Vatican's immense collection of precious and sacred objects travelled to North America in 2003 and 2004. Now in the newly renovated crypt of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, The Legacy of the Popes is in its only Canadian venue from June 4 until September 18, 2005. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has made the Montreal exhibit even more special by adding the cartridge that produced the white smoke heralding his election and four objects that comprise his first vestments as pope: a cassock, zucchetto, pectoral cross and shoes. Two exquisite urns and two patens are also included which were ...

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