Pope apologizes for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery

Published on: 05/25/2026

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Pope Leo XIV speaks during the presentation of his first encyclical,

VATICAN CITY — 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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