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Article: Catholics and Slavery: A Compromising History.(Book review)

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Catholics and Slavery

A Compromising History

WRITTEN BY John Perry, S.J.

PUBLISHED BY Novalis, 2008,

ISBN: 978-2-8964-6006-9, Softcover, pp. 204, $24.95 CND

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"The modern world Faces the same moral challenge of yesteryear, namely, to acknowledge the inherent dignity of the human person. Previously manifested as the rights of workers, the just wage, the (im)morality of slavery, etc., it is now articulated through the right to life of the pre-born, the aged, the disabled ..."--Linus F. Clovis

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