Pope Leo apologizes for Catholic Church’s legitimizing of slavery: ‘Wound in Christian memory’

Pope Leo XIV apologized on Monday for the Catholic Church’s legitimization of slavey, saying the delay in denouncing the ...

Pope Leo apologises for Church's historic role in slavery

By Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY, May 25 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Monday issued the clearest apology yet from a pontiff for the ...

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery

History’s first U.S.-born pope, whose family history includes both enslaved people and slave owners, delivered the apology in his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity), which ...

Pope Leo XIV apologizes for Catholic Church’s role in legitimizing slavery

The historic apology acknowledges how the Catholic Church’s highest authority helped give European powers religious cover to ...
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'Wound in Christian memory': Pope Leo XIV apologises for Holy See's role in legitimising slavery

By doing this, Leo addressed decades of demands by Black American Catholics, activists and academics for the Holy See to make ...