Papal encouragement for joint effort by bishops, police chiefs to combat human trafficking
December 05, 2014
Pope Francis has sent a message of support to an international group working to curb human trafficking.
The Santa Marta group, which includes police chiefs and Catholic bishops, draws its name from the fact that it was formed at a meeting at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the Vatican residence where Pope Franics now lives. It is meeting in London this week, co-chaired by Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster and Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the London police commissioner. “Your labors to promote ongoing dialogue on the legal remedies to human trafficking and on the essential care of those who suffer this enslavement are especially important because of the hidden nature of this crime,” the Pope wrote. He thanked the organizers and promised the full support of the Catholic Church in the effort “to combat human trafficking and to care for victims of this scourge.”
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