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Advocates say big events like Super Bowl are good time to raise awareness of human trafficking
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Advocates say big events like Super Bowl are good time to raise awareness of human trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

SILVER SPRING (OSV News) — The Feb. 12 Super Bowl, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m., “sadly serves as a danger zone for sex trafficking, labor trafficking and domestic violence,” said the executive director of the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, based in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring. “An…

Pope Francis in video message: Human trafficking ‘disfigures’ human dignity
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Pope Francis in video message: Human trafficking ‘disfigures’ human dignity

ByEyes on Trafficking News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REDt0RjiVaQ The pope acknowledged the rise in human trafficking and the targeting of women, children, migrants, and those “impoverished by economic crisis, wars, climate change, and so much instability.” He added: “We know we live in a difficult time, but it is precisely in this reality that all of us, especially young people, are called…

Church takes up fight vs human trafficking – Inquirer.net
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Church takes up fight vs human trafficking – Inquirer.net

ByEyes on Trafficking News

MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Church in the country has added its voice to the growing concern over human trafficking cases, as it launched a campaign against this vicious crime and marked the first Sunday of February as a National Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking. Today, therefore, marks the first observance of…

Diocese of Portland puts spotlight on human trafficking prevention
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Diocese of Portland puts spotlight on human trafficking prevention

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is working to bring awareness to National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. “The elimination of human trafficking is a priority issue for the Catholic Church as every life is a gift from God and is sacred, it deserves to be protected and nurtured,” the diocese stated in a…