A view of Baltimore's basilica nestled amid the city's famed row houses. / Public domainWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2023 / 14:40 pm (CNA).A 17-member commission created by the Archdiocese of Baltimore will investigate the roles that bishops, clergy, and other prominent Catholic figures within the archdiocese played in American slavery.The commission, which is still in its early stages, includes academics, archivists, and other researchers who are poring through old documents for information on the subject. The commission first met in March and hopes to unveil some of its findings to the public within the fall of this year. "It's striking that … Catholics, clergy and lay, are people of their times and accepted the institution of slavery as just part of life in America," Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, an auxiliary bishop in the archdiocese, told CNA. "It's very sad to say that."Lewandowski said the commission is engaging in "significant research" at the moment an...