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Catholic Priests Pledge To Raise $100 Million In Restitution For Descendants Of Enslaved Black People

Catholic Priests Pledge To Raise $100 Million In Restitution For Descendants Of Enslaved Black People The Jesuits are attempting to atone for holding Black people in bondage in the 19th century. Published 4 days ago Written by Madison J. Gray Leaders of the U.S. Jesuit conference of priests have announced they will try to raise $100 million to benefit the descendants of enslaved Black people once owned by the Roman Catholic order. The initiative is an attempt to foster racial reconciliation and atone for participation in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, The priests co-founded a foundation called the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation, which represents the descendants of both those who were enslaved and those who had enslaved them and supported by JP Morgan Chase, according to a statement released Monday.

U S Jesuit Conference Pledges $100 Million in Reparations for Catholic Church s Role in Black Enslavement – Your Black World

Title: Victor Trammell for Your Black World | Photo credits: Jaclyn Lippelmann for the Catholic Standard Administrators of the U.S. Jesuit Conference of Priests (USJCP) just announced they will attempt to raise $100 million dollars to benefit the descendants of enslaved Black people. During the days of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Black Africans were bought and sold–under the direct command of the Roman Catholic order. This new USJCP initiative is an attempt to foster racial reconciliation and atone for Catholic participation in the Transatlantic Slave Trade,  The priests co-established a foundation called the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation. This organization represents the descendants of both those who were enslaved, as well as those who had enslaved them and supported by JP Morgan Chase, according to a statement released Monday.

Catholic order pledges $100m in reparations to descendants of enslaved people

Catholic order pledges $100m in reparations to descendants of enslaved people Miranda Bryant © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ali Haider/EPA An order of Catholic priests has pledged $100m in reparations to descendants of Black people it enslaved and sold, in the largest initiative of its kind by the church. Leaders of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States have promised to raise the sum, which will be paid to a foundation set up with a group of descendants, and to “begin a very serious process of truth and reconciliation”. “Our shameful history of Jesuit slaveholding in the United States has been taken off the dusty shelf and it can never be put back,” said the Rev Timothy P Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conference.

Catholic order agrees to $100 million in U S slavery reparations

Catholic order agrees to $100 million in U S slavery reparations
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New board member appointed to the Livestock and Meat Commission

December 14, 2020 12:00 pm Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced the appointment of a new board member to the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) board. Joseph Stewart has been appointed for a three-year term effective from February 1, 2021, to January 31, 2024. Stewart will also chair the commission’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. Stewart has significant finance and governance experience in the private and public sectors which he will bring to the role. Joseph M. Stewart OBE, LLB, JP, is currently a non-executive director of the Public Health Agency (including chairman of its Governance and Audit Committee). He is also the council member of the Suffolk Sheep Society GB.

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