Slavery Abolition

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.” Past popes have apologized for Christians’ involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.” Past popes have apologized for Christians’ involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave…

May. 25, 2026, 9:36 AM EDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.” Past popes have apologized for…

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the law recognizing slavery as a crime against humanity, May 21, 2026   -   Copyright © africanews AP Photo Last updated: 22/05 - 18:29 France French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for his country to…

Promises of “the sweetest” turn into nightmares in Paris-based Moroccan auteur Laïla Marrakchi‘s new film Strawberries, whose original title, La más dulce, hints at just that hoped-for sweetness. The story is inspired by real-life cases of Moroccan women who travel to Spain for seasonal fruit-picking work. Their plan: to earn…

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Michael Che is roasting the “Roast of Kevin Hart.” The comedian and “Saturday Night Live” star was originally slated to perform at the live Netflix event on Sunday, two sources involved in the production tell Variety, but he ended up pulling out due to scheduling difficulties with “SNL.” (Che was…

Britain’s “first gay dads,” have been charged with rape and multiple other offenses. 57-year-old Barrie Drewitt-Barlow and 32-year-old Scott Hutchison have been charged with rape, sexual assault, and modern slavery trafficking for sexual exploitation. The two appeared in Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Friday. Essex police raided the pair’s Danbury home…

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Australian Federal Police have charged two women with slavery-related offenses following their return to the country after spending over seven years in a Syrian refugee camp.  The women, aged 53 and 31, were arrested at Melbourne Airport on Thursday and face crimes against humanity charges, specifically for allegedly owning and…