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A life-sized bronze sculpture of migrants and refugees crowded onto a boat has stood in St. Peter's Square for more than two years, ...

For Freedom Christ has set us Free Pastoral Letter on Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in CanadaEpiscopal Commission for Justice and PeaceCanadian Conference of Catholic BishopsINTRODUCTION1. The trafficking of human beings is an extremely lucrative crime with annual profits estimated at 150 billion USD.1 In Canada, the average annual profits from a single victim of

VALLE DE ÁNGELES, Honduras (CNS) -- Bishops from Honduras and El Salvador and episcopal conference officials issued a statement Oct. 28 about their concerns over what we are seeing on the borders of Central America, Mexico and the United States.

VALLE DE ÁNGELES, Honduras (CNS) -- Bishops from Honduras and El Salvador and episcopal conference officials issued a statement Oct. 28 about their concerns over what we are seeing on the borders of Central America, Mexico and the United States.

Bishops from Honduras and El Salvador raise concerns over border problems in the region

Agenzia Fides: Organo di informazione delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie dal 1927

Two religions, same God, same humanity

Sister Monica Chikwe, vice president, Slaves No More / U.S. Embassy to the Holy SeeVatican City, Oct 15, 2021 / 10:06 am (CNA).When a 26-year-old Nigerian girl was first forced out on the streets of Italy by her traffickers, she was told: "You have to start smiling."Blessing Okaedion still thinks back on that moment in 2013 as a turning point in her life."I can remember the shame. I can remember covering my face," Okaedion said at an event in Rome on Oct. 14.Her traffickers t...

VATICAN CITY/ROME: Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Professor Ahmed Al-Tayeb received their respective Zayed Award for Human Fraternity trophies this week. The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity is an independent global award recognizing individuals and entities who are making profound contributions to human progress and peaceful coexistence.

The award was established in February 2019 to mark the historic meeting between Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Professor Ahmed Al-Tayeb, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the two religious leaders signed the historic Document on Human Fraternity — under the patronage of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and patron of human fraternity — and became the first honorary recipients of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity.