A reader asks: “I was recently reading a prayer of consecration wherein we were asking the Lord and our Lady to make us slaves to the will of God. How is this not outrageous and horrifying given the history of slavery in
Former Vatican spokesman Greg Burke reflects on the impact of modern day slavery and how the church shines a light on the subject through the life of St. Josephine Bakhita, the patroness of victims of slavery and trafficking.
A reader asks: “Is not the slavery of the Bible different from the slavery of the Americas?” In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope unpacks the difference between slaves and stolen persons as explained in the Book of Exodus. While slaves were
A reader asks: “I understand that Jesus primarily spoke in Aramaic. The New Testament was written in Greek, then translated a couple of times to get to our English language. My question is, where did the language that includes “saith,” “thee,” “knowest,”
Msgr. Owen F. Campion tells the story of a priest who, while traveling, noticed an exit sign for one of the oldest motherhouses of nuns in this country. He stopped to visit, and a sister offered him a tour, explaining that at
The Servant of God Bartolomé de Las Casas was once a priest who owned slaves. While writing a homily for Pentecost, he was influenced by a verse from Sirach. He became thoroughly convinced of the humanity of native people, renounced his claim
Monsignor Owen Campion writes that when slavery was legal in the United States, many Americans — possibly most Americans — accepted it, and, sadly, the Church rolled with the tide, as too few Church leaders denounced the evils of slavery. What can