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First world day against human trafficking set for February

byCNS
27 November 2014
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Trafficking times: Sex workers and their children take part in a demonstration seeking better rights and a halt to girl trafficking in the red-light area of Kolkata, India. Human trafficking destroys the lives of millions of children, women and men each year, making it a real threat to peace, the Vatican said as it announced Pope Francis' 2015 World Peace Day message would focus on the phenomenon. Photo: CNS/Pial Adhikary, EPA

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Trafficking times: Sex workers and their children take part in a demonstration seeking better rights and a halt to girl trafficking in the red-light area of Kolkata, India. Human trafficking destroys the lives of millions of children, women and men each year, making it a real threat to peace, the Vatican said as it announced Pope Francis’ 2015 World Peace Day message would focus on the phenomenon.
Photo: CNS/Pial Adhikary, EPA

THE first International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking has been announced for February 8, the feast of St Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese slave who eventually was freed and became a Canossian nun.

A November 25 press release from the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travellers said the day was intended to raise awareness and to encourage reflection on “the violence and injustice that affect” the numerous victims of trafficking.

Trafficking victims “have no voice, do not count, and are no one. They are simply slaves,” the council said.

The observance also is designed to seek solutions and promote concrete action to stop trafficking.

The organisers underlined the need to ensure the rights, freedom and dignity of all trafficked people and to denounce the criminal organisations involved in human trafficking, as well as those who “use and abuse” the victims as “goods for pleasure and gain”.

On his flight back to Rome from Strasbourg, France, on November 25, Pope Francis told reporters “slavery is a reality inserted in the social fabric today, and has been for some time: slave labour, the trafficking of persons, the sale of children – it’s a drama. Let’s not close our eyes to this. Slavery is a reality today, the exploitation of persons,” he said.

The new observance is being promoted for all dioceses, parishes and Church groups by the council for migrants, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the international unions of superiors general of men’s and women’s religious orders.

Several other Catholic organisations are supporting the initiative, including the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences, Caritas Internationalis, World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations and Jesuit Refugee Service.

CNS

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