Pope Benedict XVI: where was the Roman Catholic Church during slavery?
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Birth name: Joseph Alois Ratzinger
Papacy began: 19 April 2005 (2 years)
Papacy ended: Incumbent
Predecessor: John Paul II
Successor: Incumbent
Born: 16 April 1927 (1927-04-16)
(age 81)Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany
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"Americans have always been a people of hope. Your ancestors came to this country with the experience of finding new freedom and opportunity. To be sure, this promise was not experienced by all the inhabitants of this land; one thinks of the injustices endured by the native American peoples and by those brought here forcibly from Africa as slaves." Pope Benedict XVI, April 17, 2008, The Nationals Park Stadium, Washington, DC.