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Catholic Church pledges $100M toward slavery reparations
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March 16, 2021
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7:47Now PlayingAn American Catholic order is taking great strides in an effort of reconciliation for its part in the history of slavery.
The Jesuits sect of the church has made a pledge to raise $100 million that would go toward benefitting the descendants of slaves in America.
U.S. Ambassador of Religious Freedom, Suzan Johnson Cook, hopes this just the first step in the reconciliation of the church’s long history with slavery and discrimination.
“Slavery and sexism are deeply ingrained, the Jesuits are very very socially injustice oriented and have been active in terms of race and we have certainly many Black priests,” said Cook. “There has always been a disparity in terms of treatment, in terms of assignment, in terms of ownership. People were enslaved against their will, so Jesuits have always been those who do what is right justly walk humbly before God and do what is right before the eyes of God.”
Cook believes that everyone should come to the table on this, and encourages that the conversation doesn’t just stop at slavery but at other historical injustices of racism.
“We are not a monolithic voice so many voices have to come to the table,” Cook added.
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