WASHINGTON (CNS) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople the primary spiritual leader of the world s estimated 300 million Orthodox Christians met with Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory Oct. 25 in a chapel at Georgetown University where Orthodox students pray and worship.
WASHINGTON (CNS) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople the primary spiritual leader of the world s estimated 300 million Orthodox Christians met with Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory Oct. 25 in a chapel at Georgetown University where Orthodox students pray and worship.
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.
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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.
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.
Mulledy Hall, also known as Freedom Hall, center, is seen on the campus of Georgetown University April 4, 2017. In 2019, the building was renamed after Isaac Hawkins, the first enslaved person listed in the Jesuit university s documents on its selling of slaves. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
The Society of Jesus is partnering with the descendants of people once enslaved by the religious order to reconcile and heal the deep racial wounds of America. The GU272 Descendants Association, which takes its name from the 272 enslaved people sold by Georgetown University, and the Jesuits are forming the Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation, a partnership that seeks to accelerate racial healing and advance racial justice in the United States.