The Vatican is now apologizing for events that occurred centuries before anyone alive today was born.
Pope Leo XIV formally apologized on Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in “legitimizing” slavery, according to the Associated Press.
The apology reportedly appeared in Leo’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” which mostly focused on artificial intelligence.
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“It is impossible not to feel deep sorrow when contemplating the immense suffering and humiliation endured by so many,” Leo wrote.
It was the first-ever official papal apology, and it assigned blame to the Vatican for the slave trade.
“For this, in the name of the Church, I sincerely ask for pardon,” the holy father added.
He called the church’s record on slavery “a wound in Christian memory.”
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