RetourGhana welcomes Pope's apology over Catholic Church's role in slavery

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Ghana welcomes Pope's apology over Catholic Church's role in slavery

Pope Leo XIV Catholic Church Slavery Apology

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Ghana welcomes Pope Leo XIV's apology for the Catholic Church's role in slavery, calling it an 'act of moral courage' towards truth, dignity, and justice, as the nation seeks compensation and apologies for the transatlantic slave trade.

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