Did Roman Catholics have anything to do with slavery?

Answer 1

Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church has had a lot to do with slavery. When the Church was just starting out, in the first three centuries, not a few Christians were slaves in Rome. Slavery was an integral part of the Greek and Roman civilizations. However, under the influence of the Church slavery gradually disappeared in the West only to return with the discovery of American. It was slowly abolished in the British and French Colonies, in the U.S.A. and more recently in Brazil. - from A Catholic Dictionary, edited byDonald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957