Catholic Leaders Speak Out on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Jan. 11, 2021 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, held during January which is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
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US Embassy to Vatican Highlights Risk of ‘Human Trafficking Crisis’ Amid Pandemic
All of the speakers at the anti-trafficking symposium stressed that the economic impact of the pandemic had increased vulnerability for populations already prone to labor trafficking and hindered aid organizations in delivering their services to victims of human trafficking.
After Challenging State Officials, Catholic Home for Trafficked Girls Set to Open
The San Diego-based Children of the Immaculate Heart, which has served adult victims of human trafficking since 2013, had aimed to open a house for girls age 12-17 who had been victims of human trafficking.
A Catholic Champion Celebrates 20 Years of Landmark Anti-Trafficking Law
Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., says his commitment to fighting trafficking and protecting the unborn child are deeply rooted in his Catholic faith.
What the SCOTUS Decision on Anti-Trafficking Rules Means for Pro-Life Policies
Pro-life groups were concerned that had the court ruled the other way, finding that foriegn NGOs had free speech protections, it would affect other government requirements, such as the Mexico City Policy, which mandates that foreign NGOs receiving U.S. funding do not promote or perform abortions.
Pope Francis: God Awaits Us in Our Darkest Moments
Noting that Friday, June 12, is the World Day Against Child Labor, Pope Francis said that boys and girls who were forced to work were deprived of their childhoods.
Congressman Chris Smith Warns: Don’t Forget Trafficking Victims Amid Pandemic
In his remarks, Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey stressed that the plight of trafficking victims may be worsened by coronavirus lockdowns.
Feminists at Odds over ‘Sex Work’
“Prostitution does injury to the dignity of the person who engages in it, reducing the person to an instrument of sexual pleasure. The one who pays sins gravely against himself: he violates the chastity to which his Baptism pledged him and defiles his body, the temple of the Holy Spirit. Prostitution is a social scourge.” (CCC 2355)
Pope Francis Appeals for Protection of Displaced Women and Children in Syria
The Holy Father prayed a Hail Mary for Syrians threatened by the violence, called for the elimination of human trafficking worldwide.
Healthcare Networks Launch Anti-Human Trafficking Training
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.
