Slavery

Pope Leo apologizes for Church's historic role in slavery

The remarks mark the most explicit papal admission to date of institutional responsibility, going beyond Pope Francis's condemnation of modern-day slavery.

Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first Encyclical Letter "Magnifica Humanitas" focused on the rise of artificial intelligence, in The Vatican on May 25, 2026.
MEMBERS OF Australian families believed to be linked to the Islamic State militants wait to leave Roj camp near Derik, Syria April 24, 2026.

Australian women linked to ISIS arrested, accused of slavery after Syrian return

 Illustrative image of human trafficking.

Couple arrested for human trafficking after keeping foreign worker under 'slavery conditions'

Taking cover in Tel Aviv, March 1.

Parashat Ki Tisa: Fear and the choice of courage


Trump faces backlash from African-American leaders on Tulsa rally

In 1921, Tulsa was the site of one of the country’s bloodiest outbreaks of racist violence, when white mobs attacked black citizens and businesses with guns and explosives dropped from airplanes.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Sunrise, Florida, U.S., November 26, 2019

Fake history: how '1619' distorts the story of America's founding

The project's basic thesis is that the main reason for the US War of Independence was the American settlers’ determination to maintain the institution of slavery.

Sister Vanaja Jasphine, 39, Yaoundé, holding her US State Department '2017 Hero Acting to End Modern Slavery Award', standing in the grounds of a religious seminary, Yaoundé, July, 25, 2017.

NGOs to present activist with award for fighting slavery in Mauritania

Mauritania has an estimated 500,000 slaves in the country – the highest rate of slavery in the world.

Biram Dah Abeid

Aharon Ramati named as rabbi arrested for alleged enslavement of women

"They would put the girls' fingers into the fire to make them understand what hell is."

The facility where 50 enslaved women were reportedly held in Jerusalem

PARASHAT KI TETZEI: Slave morality or Divine morality?

There was a time when Egypt “hosted you at a time of dire need” (Rashi). We cannot forget this time, and therefore we are forbidden from despising the Egyptians.

‘YOU SHALL remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore, I command you to do this thing.’

China denies secret message in Christmas card from forced laborers

A charity card sold by British supermarket giant Tesco was found reading: "We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu Prison China. Forced to work against our will."

A CHRISTMAS TREE stands at Mar Elias Church for the Christmas-Suta festival

Tesco suspends supplier after slave message found inside Christmas cards

The British supermarket has withdrawn the cards from sale while it investigates.

South Korean former slave

Slave nations: America and Israel in the age of technology

What good is the flourishing of a nation if it is constantly at political, partisan war?

‘WITHOUT PEACE, life becomes unlivable. We’re all unnaturally nervous because there is hardly any downtime.’

No more sanctioning slavery and oppression

A call to release Eritrean religious prisoners by September 12, the Geez New Year

A boy playing the role of a prisoner has his hands tied during a rally marking Palestinian Prisoners' Day April 17, 2019.

Learning from the past

How have Germans, US southerners, coped with legacy of the Holocaust, American slavery.

JEWS BEING transported by railway during the Holocaust.