Pope Leo apologises for Church's historic role in slavery - Reuters
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Pope Leo XIV issued a historic apology on behalf of the Vatican for its direct role in legitimizing and upholding slavery, calling it a 'wound in Christian memory.'
Pope Leo XIV 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 historic involvement in legitimizing it.
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a 'wound in Christian memory.'
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 it for centuries, calling the Vatican's ... 'wound in Christian memory.'
Pope Leo has denounced the 'culture of power' driving the rapid rise of artificial intelligence while warning that the technology must be subject to the 'most rigorous' ethical constraints as it infiltrates everything from work to war.
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