Posts Tagged ‘Slave labour and Catholics’

Brazilian Church bans sacramental wine produced with slave labour

Monday, March 6th, 2023

After three of Brazil’s most important wine producers were accused of using slave labor last week, the Brazilian Church released a statement affirming that wines made by manufacturers which violate “the respect to human dignity” must not be chosen as sacramental wines. Black Church activists, nevertheless, want more concrete actions from the clergy. On February Read more

Catholic order struggles to raise $100 million to atone for slave labour

Thursday, August 18th, 2022

A prominent order of catholic priests vowed last year to raise $100 million to atone for its participation in the American slave trade. At the time, church leaders and historians said it would be the largest effort by the Roman Catholic Church to make amends for the buying, selling and enslavement of Black people in Read more