Pope Apologizes for Church's Role in Slavery

Pope Leo XIV just dropped a historic encyclical apologizing for the Catholic Church’s past role in legitimizing slavery — the first time a pope has directly asked forgiveness for papal bulls that sanctioned European conquest and enslavement of non-Christians. In his sweeping document “Magnifica Humanitas,” he links this reckoning to modern exploitation in AI and global labor, calling unregulated tech and mining industries “digital colonialism.” He admits the Church took 18 centuries to fully reject slavery’s moral incompatibility, while also acknowledging the Vatican’s recent rejection of the Doctrine of Discovery. Scholars and activists hail this as a landmark moment — especially given the Pope’s own family history, which reportedly includes both enslavers and enslaved people. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/7a8a85ac342b3403