{"id":2606624,"date":"2026-05-25T11:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-woke-pope-leo-apologizes-for-slavery-claims-church-played-role-in-trans-atlantic-slave-trade\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:35:04","slug":"breaking-woke-pope-leo-apologizes-for-slavery-claims-church-played-role-in-trans-atlantic-slave-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-woke-pope-leo-apologizes-for-slavery-claims-church-played-role-in-trans-atlantic-slave-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Woke Pope Leo Apologizes for Slavery, Claims Church Played Role in Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-woke-pope-leo-apologizes-for-slavery-claims-church-played-role-in-trans-atlantic-slave-trade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606624&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pope Leo XIV has issued the Catholic Church\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-elon-musk-moving-into-xinjiang-proves-american-anti-slavery-push-failed\/\" title=\"China: Elon Musk Moving into Xinjiang Proves American Anti-Slavery Push Failed\">official apology<\/a> for its role in legitimizing the slave trade,acknowledging that the Vatican intervened over time to regulate and justify forms of human subjugation. In his encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas*-which largely focuses on artificial intelligence-he expressed sorrow for the suffering slavery caused and asked for pardon \u201cin the name of the Church,\u201d describing slavery as \u201ca wound in Christian memory.\u201d The encyclical also notes that both society and the Church took a long time to explicitly denounce slavery, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ny-attorney-general-cannot-dissolve-the-nra\/\" title=\"Judge Rules NY Attorney General Cannot Dissolve the NRA\">long-standing claims<\/a> about human dignity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Vatican is now apologizing for events that occurred centuries before anyone alive today was born.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV formally apologized on Monday for the Catholic Church\u2019s role in \u201clegitimizing\u201d slavery, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-apologizes-slavery-role-holy-see-vatican-78df993c5604eb098b19f255b89b3155?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&#038;utm_medium=trueAnthem&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The apology reportedly appeared in Leo\u2019s first encyclical, \u201cMagnifica Humanitas,\u201d which mostly focused on artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hyatt-executive-tom-pritzker-stepping-down-over-epstein-ties\/\" title=\"Hyatt executive Tom Pritzker stepping down over Epstein ties\">feel deep sorrow<\/a> when contemplating the immense suffering and humiliation endured by so many,\u201d Leo wrote.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first-ever official papal apology, and it assigned blame to the Vatican for the slave trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this, in the name of the Church, I sincerely ask for pardon,\u201d the holy father added.<\/p>\n<p>He called the church\u2019s record on slavery \u201ca wound in Christian memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pope said that the church has long affirmed the dignity of every human being as the basis of its doctrine, \u2018even if it took eighteen centuries for its full incompatibility with slavery to be explicitly recognized,&#8217;\u201d the Associated Press article read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis constitutes a wound in Christian memory, one from which we cannot consider ourselves detached.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His encyclical also mentioned that the Holy See had \u201cintervened several times in order to regulate and legitimize forms of subjugation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet neither can we deny or diminish the delay with which both society and the church came to denounce the scourge of slavery,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of his papacy last year, Leo, a Chicago native, has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cgl1pgr2zn8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embraced<\/a> liberal policies and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >climate change narratives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-leo-iran-war-mass-deportation-statements-inspire-american-cardinals-60-minutes-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on his criticism of the U.S. government back in April, with regards to the Iran conflict and enforcement of federal immigration law.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet declared that \u201cPope Leo\u2019s church has emerged as a voice of moral opposition to the war in Iran and the crackdown on immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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