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by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, German bishops, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News, RENATE, Santa Marta Group | 0 |
Church institutions and all Catholics can fight against modern-day slavery by making sure the products and services needed for their homes, parishes, schools and organizations adhere to ethical standards, a panel of anti-trafficking advocates said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, faith and sports, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News, Prostitution, Super Bowl | 0 |
The big game also has brought attention to what has long been portrayed as the dark side of the Super Bowl: the risk of human trafficking.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 9, 2022 | Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Migration, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News, St. Josephine Bakhita, USCCB | 0 |
Recognizing that human trafficking is pervasive in the United States and globally, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration called for prayer and worldwide action to end the exploitation of people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 8, 2022 | Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Catholic News Service, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Male-female relationships based on “discrimination and submission” lead to the exploitation and humiliation of thousands of women and girls each year, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 7, 2022 | Angelus, Associated Press, Human trafficking, lead, modern slavery, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis on Sunday decried the genital mutilation of millions of girls and the trafficking of women for sex, including openly on city streets, so others can make money off of them.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 7, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, lead, modern slavery, News | 0 |
Authorities in Brazil found 1,937 people working as slaves in 2021, the largest number since 2013, when 2,808 workers were rescued from slavery.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 7, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Congressman Chris Smith, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News, U.S. Congress | 0 |
Two members of Congress have introduced a bill to expand successful trafficking prevention efforts in schools and businesses.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 30, 2021 | Africa, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, Human trafficking, Interviews, lead, modern day slavery, modern slavery, News, Nuns, Religious Sisters, sex trafficking, Talitha Kum | 0 |
This year’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is being observed July 30 under the theme, Victims’ Voices Lead The Way.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2021 | Africa, Catholic Church in Nigeria, human rights, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News, News Analysis, Nigeria | 0 |
Every year, thousands of Europe-bound Nigerian youths illegally travel along often-dangerous migration routes through the Sahara desert and across the Mediterranean Sea, voyaging on hapless boats, most intent on reaching Italy where they hope to make a better living. Their hopes often crumble like a house of cards.
The post Nigeria: Stories of modern-day slavery (and the under-funded fight to end it) appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 18, 2021 | Archdiocese of Miami, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID-19 pandemic, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News | 0 |
The pandemic-related economic downturn, business closures, increase in global unemployment and reduced incomes have contributed to greater human trafficking of children, women, domestic workers and migrants without legal status.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 2, 2021 | Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Church in UK and Ireland, England, Great Britain, lead, Leicester, modern slavery, News, Santa Marta Group, United Kingdom | 0 |
England’s top Catholic prelate has welcomed reports of an investigation by the U.S. government into the labor practices at Boohoo, a UK online fashion retailer which sources from factories in Leicester.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 5, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News, Talitha Kum, Vatican | 0 |
Organizers of the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking are hosting a cross-continental “prayer marathon” Feb. 8 to pray for an economy free of exploited, trafficked persons.
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