Church Pope Leo XIV apologizes for Church’s role in slavery in new encyclical
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas includes an apology for the Church's complicity in slavery and addresses modern forms of enslavement.
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St. Teresa of Ávila's prayer for peace in the midst of change. Pray this when anxiety rises and God feels distant.
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Pope Leo XIV met with one of the last living bishops who attended the Second Vatican Council, nearly 65 years after it…