The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery

By Paul Kengor, Ph.D.

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Many Americans see slavery as their country's initial sin. However, slavery has affected people, cultures, and places far beyond the United States. Slavery dates back to the dawn of time.

Despite this, the Roman Catholic Church is the only living organization that has constantly denounced slavery for the longest time.

Paul Kengor, bestselling author of The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery, sheds light on:

The record and biblical roots of the Church’s teaching on slavery
The efforts of individuals and institutions within the Church to not only bring about freedom for enslaved people but to care for their physical and spiritual needs
The stories of former slaves whose lives of exemplary holiness have placed them on the path of sainthood

At a time when racial tensions are so high, we need the clear truth to bring us all together. The tale of the Roman Catholic Church's courageous and divine fight against slavery is one that both Catholics and non-Catholics are unfamiliar with. It is time to tell that narrative.

“Too often we hear that the Catholic Church tolerated—even endorsed—slavery in past centuries. In The Worst of Indignities, Paul Kengor obliterates this myth. He digs deeply into the Church’s history to convincingly demonstrate how popes, saints, and theologians have consistently condemned this horrific and inhumane practice.”

Eric Sammons

Editor-in-Chief, Crisis Magazine

“Slavery is as old as the human race, and it makes for a depressing study. Only with the rise of Christianity have people—saints—seen the possibility of its eradication. That is a far more hopeful story, told well in these pages by Dr. Kengor. The Worst of Indignities is a myth-busting history that’s much needed right now.”

Mike Aquilina

Author of Africa and the Early Church: The Almost-Forgotten Roots of

Catholic Christianity

“If you want to speak intelligently and honestly about slavery—past, present, and future—then you must read this book. It is indispensable. In our confused and confusing (and dishonest) times, Dr. Kengor has done the Church and the world a great service by writing a book that is careful, thorough, honest, and rigorous.”

Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., Ph.D.

Host of “The Catholic Current” on The Station of the Cross Media Network

Hardcover. 304 pages.