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Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery (apnews.com)

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[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

According to genealogical research published by Henry Louis Gates Jr., 17 of Leo's American ancestors were Black, listed in census records as mulatto, Black, Creole or a free person of color. His family tree includes slaveholders and enslaved people, Gates wrote in The New York Times.

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