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Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See's role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican's record a "wound in Christian memory."
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According to PBS News’s source item, Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery, Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”
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- Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slaveryPBS News - 2026-05-25T17:50:22+00:00
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