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NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC
APOSTOLATE FOR LIFE |
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News Release February 3, 2015 News Release |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
First International
Prayer Day and Reflection on Human Trafficking
The National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life will join
their voices and prayers with the world as we pray on the First
International Prayer and Reflection on human trafficking to be held
on Sunday February 8, 2015, the glorious feast of our Saint
Josephine Bakhita, stated Vatican City, 26 November 2014 (VIS) – The Pontifical
Councils for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples and
for Justice and Peace, in collaboration with the international male
and female Unions of Superior Generals (UISG and USG) have convoked
an international conference for prayer and reflection on human
trafficking, to be held on According to a press release, “human trafficking is one of
the worst examples of slavery in the XXI Century. This concerns the
whole world. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO)
and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) roughly 21
million people, often very poor and vulnerable, are victims of
trafficking for sexual exploitation, forced labor and begging,
illegal organ removal, domestic servitude and forced marriages,
illegal adoption and other forms of exploitation. Each year around
2.5 million people are victims of trafficking and slavery: 60 are
women and children. They often suffer abuse and unspeakable
violence. On the other hand, for traffickers and pimps, this is one
of the most lucrative illegal activities in the world, generating a
total of 32 billion dollars a year. It is the third most profitable
'business' after drugs and arms trafficking”. “The primary objective of the International Day is to
create greater awareness on this phenomenon and to reflect on the
overall situation of violence and injustice that affect so many
people, who have no voice, do not count, and are no one: they are
simply slaves. Another goal is to attempt to provide solutions to
counter this modern form of slavery by taking concrete actions. For
this, it is necessary to stress the need to ensure rights, freedom
and dignity to all trafficked persons, reduced to slavery. On the
other hand, we must denounce both the criminal organization and
those who use and abuse the poverty and vulnerability of victims to
transform them into goods for pleasure and gain”.
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The National Black Catholic Apostolate
for Life was inaugurated in the fall of 1997, with the
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