Auxiliary Vicar of Opus Dei Implicated in Argentine Human-Trafficking Case
The case is based on the testimony of a Bolivian woman who worked for Opus Dei for 30 years.
The case is based on the testimony of a Bolivian woman who worked for Opus Dei for 30 years.
The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5856) is on the docket for the House of Representatives this week.
The bishops of the United States have urged Congress to pass a bill aiming to combat human trafficking that would, among other things, provide grants to aid organizations in areas with high rates of trafficking.
The Pope’s comments came as Catholics from more than 50 countries across the world rallied together virtually as part of an online prayer marathon for the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking.
On Thursday evening the Public Safety Committee voted to pass the bill, with the measure receiving near-unanimous approval.
Ballard told him that even though his group could save thousands of children, something more was needed to help the millions of more children suffering around the world.
The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2021 (H.R. 5150) was first introduced in September.
As a member of the Order of Malta, a lay Catholic religious order, Deb O’Hara-Rusckowski said she considers her work in combating human trafficking to be an ideal way to live out the three charisms of the order: caring for the sick, caring for the poor, and defending the faith.
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