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Silence can be complicity in human trafficking, Pope warns

February 08, 2024

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CWN Editor's Note: In his message for the 10th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, Pope Francis writes: “If we close our eyes and ears, if we do nothing, we will be guilty of complicity.”

The annual observance of the World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking was introduced by Pope Francis in 2015.

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  • Posted by: Randal Mandock - Feb. 09, 2024 6:04 PM ET USA

    Trafficking of men, women, and children in the U.S. has been reported to have experienced a multifold increase in the last 3 years. The political status quo in this country is atrocious. If only elections could change it.

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