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ST PETER CLAVER, PRIEST -SEPTEMBER 9
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1. "Slavery presented a new challenge to the Church. Paul III had condemned slavery and Urban VIII issued a decree prohibiting it, but it made ruthless men fortunes."
Born in Catalonia in 1581, St Peter Claver
#StPeterClaver #Sep9
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1. "Slavery presented a new challenge to the Church. Paul III had condemned slavery and Urban VIII issued a decree prohibiting it, but it made ruthless men fortunes."
Born in Catalonia in 1581, St Peter Claver
#StPeterClaver #Sep9
2. studied at the University of Barcelona, and wrote in his notebook: 'I must dedicate myself to the service of God until death, on the understanding that I am a slave.'
Although slavery is as old as history, the trade between the Americas and Africa brought it to new levels.
Although slavery is as old as history, the trade between the Americas and Africa brought it to new levels.
3. Slavery presented a new challenge to the Church. Paul III had condemned it and Urban VIII issued a decree prohibiting it, but it made ruthless men fortunes.
Joining the Jesuits at the age of 20, he arrived in
what is now Venezuela and Colombia, he saw the inhumanity of
Joining the Jesuits at the age of 20, he arrived in
what is now Venezuela and Colombia, he saw the inhumanity of
