Pope 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."
TL;DR
- Pope Leo XIV apologized for the Holy See's role in legitimizing slavery.
- The apology also addressed the Vatican's failure to condemn slavery for centuries.
- The Pope described the Vatican's historical record on slavery as a "wound in Christian memory."