New Vision2026-08-102026-08-102026-05-26New Vision. (2026). Pope apologises for Vatican role in justifying slavery. New visionhttps://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/8725Newspaper ArticlePope Leo XIV yesterday issued an unprecedented apology for the Vatican's role in justifying slavery and said the delay in condemning the practice was "a wound in Christian memory". In a major text warning about the risk of "new forms of slavery" behind the digital economy, Leo said Church institutions owned slaves until the Middle Ages.enArticle