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Archbishop asks for peace in a ‘fractured and divided world’ on 25th anniversary of 9/11

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Slavery

Premium article: Bishop Kukah: Push for reparations must be catalyst for integral healing

Jun 29
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s own role in legitimizing slavery

May 25
Nicole Winfield,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

Pope prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade

Apr 20
Nicole Winfield

Washington auxiliary bishop leads efforts to identify unmarked graves

Nov 27, 2024
John Lavenburg

Bernard Lynch's "Slave Pen" at 5th and Myrtle Streets was the epicenter of the slave trade in St. Louis in 1852. (Credit: Public Domain.)

St. Louis archdiocese documents history of slavery by clergy in pre-Civil War era

Jun 25, 2024
John Lavenburg

In this July 2021 photo provided by Sea Shepherd, the Chang Tai 802, a Chinese-flagged ship, fishes for squid at night on the high seas off the west coast of South America. Hazardous work conditions sometimes akin to slavery have been detected on nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels around the world, including this one, but identifying those responsible for abuses at sea is hampered by a lack of transparency and regulatory oversight, according to research by the Financial Transparency Coalition released on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (Credit: Isaac Haslam/Sea Shepherd via AP.)

UK Catholics launch campaign to end human trafficking in fishing industry

Feb 3, 2024
Charles Collins

Baltimore commission probes archdiocese’s history on slavery

May 23, 2023
John Lavenburg

Brazilian Church bans sacramental wine produced with slave labor

Mar 3, 2023
Eduardo Campos Lima

Lag in slavery reparations from U.S. Jesuits irks descendants

Aug 16, 2022
Deepa Bharath

Georgetown officials say amends for slavery past are ongoing and long term

Apr 16, 2022
Chaz Muth

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