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Crucified women: New book aims to end scourge of forced prostitution
- Aug 14, 2019
On Aug. 12 2016, Pope Francis visited a house run by the John XXIII Community in northeast Rome that helps young women rebuild their lives after being rescued from prostitution. A priest who was present during the pope’s visit has written a book as part of an effort to help free women forced into sex work.
Pope: Prostitution is ‘disgusting vice’ that tortures defenseless women
- Jul 30, 2019
Prostitution is a horrendous crime that reduces vulnerable women to tortured slaves who are at the mercy of their clients, Pope Francis said.
Kentucky Derby draws attention to issue of human trafficking
- May 1, 2019
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear said the news conference was meant to inform the public about human trafficking during the Kentucky Derby — a time when he said there is an increase in the buying and selling of individuals for sex and forced labor.
Before anti-trafficking fight was fashionable, German nun was in the streets
- Apr 13, 2019
Sister Lea Ackermann pioneered the Church’s fight against sex trafficking.
Mother tells how daughter became victim of sex trafficking, lost her life
- Feb 10, 2019
Children are very vulnerable to being trafficked anywhere in the world.
Sex trafficking is ‘rooted in structure of society,’ says speaker
- May 17, 2018
The fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation may need its own #MeToo moment, according to a leading trafficking opponent.
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