Pope Leo XIV, yesterday issued an unprecedented apology for the Vatican’s role in justifying slavery, saying the delay in condemning the practice was “a wound in Christian memory”.

Pope Leo XIV Apologises For Vatican's Role In Legitimising Slave Trade

Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery. Leo’s own family history includes both enslaved people and slave owners.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn

Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery

Pope Leo XIV issued an apology on Monday for the Catholic Church's long delay in condemning slavery, calling it "a wound in ...

Declaração foi a primeira explícita que responsabilizou a instituição pelo que chamou de 'ferida na memória cristã'

Pontífice reconheceu a participação histórica do Vaticano na legitimação da escravidão e afirmou que o tema representa uma “ferida na memória cristã” da Igreja Católica.

También ofreció una disculpa por no haberlo condenado durante siglos. Y calificó el historial del Vaticano como una "herida en la memoria cristiana".El pontífice ofreció la…

Para o pontífice, o tema representa 'uma ferida na memória cristã'

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to cond

El Santo Padre realizó su primera encíclica, "Magnifica humanitas", con motivo del 135 aniversario de la "Rerum novarum", con respecto a la doctrina social de la Iglesia en la era…

La declaración se realizó en la primera encíclica del pontífice, donde se reconoce la implicación de antiguas autoridades vaticanas en el tráfico de personas y se aborda el…

Pope Leo XIV issued a historic apology Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for centuries of silence in condemning it, describing...

Pope Leo XIV’s apology marks the first public acknowledgement of the role the Holy See played in the slave trade

Dans sa première encyclique, le pape Léon XIV a reconnu pour la première fois la responsabilité directe de l’Eglise catholique dans la légitimation de l’esclavage au cours de…

Pope Leo XIV apologized for the Catholic Church's legitimization of slavery, saying it was "wound in Christian memory."

En respuesta décadas de llamados de católicos afroestadounidenses, activistas y académicos

Pope Leo XIV issues an unprecedented apology for the Vatican's historical role in justifying slavery, calling the delay a "wound in Christian memory."

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Pope Leo on Monday issued the clearest apology yet from a pontiff for the Catholic Church's role in slavery, acknowledging both its delay in condemning the practice and its…