Catholic Church and slavery

The Catholic Church has been a part of slavery throughout history. The Catholic Church is an important religion that believes in treating everyone with respect, following God's teachings, and doing what is right. Slavery is when one person or group of people use another to do work, like housework or farm work, for free or for little pay. In the past, the Catholic Church allowed people to own other people and allow them to do work for nothing or little money. This way of thinking changed in the late 1800s and early 1900s when the Catholic Church began to oppose slavery and call for it to end. Recently, the Catholic Church has been working to help people affected by slavery and to provide assistance in any way possible. It is now clear that the Catholic Church does not condone slavery and is working to stop it.