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Vantage Point: Background to Pope Leo’s Apology for Enslaving Africans with Kamm Howard

In this edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” speaks with Kamm Howard, founder and executive director of Reparations United, NAARC commissioner, and co-convener of the Global Circle for Reparations and Healing, about “Background to Pope Leo’s Apology for Enslaving Africans.” The conversation examines the historical role of the Catholic Church in the transatlantic slave trade, the global reparations movement, and efforts to secure acknowledgment, repair, and healing for harms inflicted on Africans and the African diaspora.

Members of the Global Circle reparations delegation that met with the Vatican

Delegation that met with high ranking Vatican Official to Discuss an Apology for Enslavement of Africans

Originally aired June 1, 2026.

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The Vantage Point Radio Show is a weekly current affairs program hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW21) and Distinguished Lecturer Emeritus at York College, City University of New York. The show airs live on Mondays, 3–4 PM ET, on Pacifica Radio WBAI 99.5 FM in collaboration with York College Radio. The program covers a wide range of social, political, economic, and cultural topics featuring interviews and discussions with civil and human rights leaders, scholars, activists, and community organizers.