 Give. Advocate. Volunteer. Live United. Go to liveunited.org. Brought to you by United Way and the Ad Council. News Talk 1110, 99.3 WPT. Roman Catholic does not excuse slavery in any context. But put it in context, as he's done in this column. Go to catholicleague.org and you can read the whole situation. And America and Western Europe did everything in its power to stop the nasty institution of slavery.