Pope Leo XIV has formally apologized for the Catholic Church's historical involvement in slavery, recognizing that the Vatican played a role in legitimizing the practice over several centuries. In his first encyclical, titled Magnifica Humanitas, he expressed regret for the Church's failure to explicitly condemn the trans-Atlantic slave trade, referring to it as "a wound in Christian memory." This apology marks a significant acknowledgment of the Church's past actions and their impact on humanity.
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