Pope’s Slavery Apology ‘Proper and Just,’ Says Bishop Who Heads National Black Catholic Congress

Pope's slavery apology 'proper and just,' says bishop who heads National Black Catholic Congress

(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV’s acknowledgment of the Church’s role in slavery is “only proper and just,” said Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr., who is president of the National Black Catholic Congress. And the task ahead is to take concrete action to heal slavery’s legacy, added the prelate, who retired recently as an auxiliary bishop of Washington. The official apology — endorsed as well by the Knights of Peter Claver, one of one of the Catholic Church’…

Pope’s slavery apology ‘proper and just,’ says bishop who heads National Black Catholic Congress

The mission is to "treat others the way we want to be treated … because quite honestly, we're all one in Christ," Bishop Campbell said.