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Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimising slavery Past Popes have apologised for Christians' involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But no Pope has ever publicly acknowledged, much less apologised for, the role that past popes themselves played in giving European sovereigns explicit authority to subjugate and enslave “infidels.”

📰 [NEWS] NEW - POPE LEO XIV APOLOGIZES FOR THE CHURCH'S ROLE IN SLAVERY, IN HIS ENCYCLICAL LETTER, CALLING IT A "WOUND IN CHRISTIAN MEMORY," AND ALSO WARNS ABOUT "NEW FORMS OF COLONIALISM," INCLUDING THE COLLE... - $SOURCE$ ⚡ Live alerts: https://t.me/tickertap_alerts

Pope Leo apologizes for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery 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 the Vatican’s past as “a wou...

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s role in ... Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Monday. Alberto Pizzoli / AFP via Getty Images Share Add NBC News to Google May 25, 2026, 6:11 AM EDT / Source : The Associated Press By The Associated Press Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology Monday for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Past popes have apologized for Christians’ involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But no pope has ever publicly acknowledged, much less apologized for, the role that past popes themselves played in giving European sovereigns explicit authority to subjugate and enslave “infidels.” 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 was released Monday. The sweeping manifesto is about safeguarding humanity in an era of increasing reliance on artificial intelligence. Leo rais…

"In his encyclical, Leo recalled that... Pope Leo XIII, was the first pope to explicitly condemn slavery in 1888, long after many countries had abolished it. Before that... church institutions and even popes [like] Gregory the Great had slaves." apnews.com/article/pope...