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February 15, 2020

Senate takes on slave labour with bill

Modern slavery is deeply embedded in Canadian economic supply chains where it is out of sight from companies and consumers.

OTTAWA -- An organization associated with the Catholic Church in Canada is happy to see the issue of slave labour being addressed within the Canadian government, but says that a proposed bill introduced in the Canadian Senate falls short of taking meaningful steps to actually have a real impact.

Published in Canada
December 3, 2019

Funds to fight trafficking just a start, say advocates

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, with Jill Dunlop, Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues, announces $20 million in funding to fight human trafficking.

Joy Smith is pleased that the Ontario government has stepped up with $20 million in annual funding to fight human trafficking, but these dollars and more need to be replicated by other provinces in combatting the problem.

Published in Canada
November 8, 2019

Bike journey puts a focus on trafficking

Dominique Holley is onto her next phase of shining a light on human trafficking.

OTTAWA -- To take on the scourge of human trafficking you have to first recognize that it is happening here.

Published in Canada
September 26, 2019

Pope Francis: Anti-trafficking network must have more support

Pope Francis talks with women religious during a Sept. 25, 2019, meeting at the Vatican with delegates of Talitha Kum. Pictured with the pope are Claretian Missionary Sister Jolanda Kafka, president of the International Union of Superiors General, and Comboni Sister Gabriella Bottani, Talitha Kum's international coordinator.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis called on more religious orders of men and women, as well as foundations and benefactors, to get involved and help an international network of women religious in the fight against human trafficking.

Published in Faith
July 6, 2019

At Capitol Hill, faith-based organizations shine light on human trafficking

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington July 3, 2019.

WASHINGTON -- At age 9, growing up in Cameroon, Evelyn Chumbow had dreams of coming to the United States, thinking she'd live like the characters in TV shows such as "The Cosbys" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," which she believed depicted life here.

Published in International
April 11, 2019

Human trafficking is 'crime against humanity,' Pope says

Young Nigerian women, rescued from human traffickers, gather in a shelter on the outskirts of Moscow Feb. 21, 2019. Human trafficking is a "crime against humanity" because it denies the human dignity of the victim, seeing him or her only as a piece of merchandise to be used to enrich or give pleasure to another, Pope Francis said.

VATICAN CITY - Human trafficking is a "crime against humanity," because it denies the human dignity of the victim, seeing him or her only as a piece of merchandise to be used to enrich or give pleasure to another, Pope Francis said.

Published in Vatican
March 4, 2019

Vatican announces theme for World Day of Migrants and Refugees

A red sun is seen over a dinghy overcrowded with Syrian refugees drifting in the Aegean sea between Turkey and Greece after its motor broke down off the Greek island of Kos, August 11, 2015.
VATICAN – After moving the Vatican celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees from January to September, Pope Francis wants Catholics to understand how concern for migrants and refugees is part of a much broader Christian concern for people in need.
Published in International
February 7, 2019

Catholic teen speaks out against child exploitation

Mira Gillis appeared in a public service announcement video by World Vision Canada that spoke about products connected to child labour practices.

Mira Gillis wants to be a voice for the voiceless and she’s not going to stop until she is heard.

Published in Youth Speak News
February 7, 2019

To ignore human trafficking is to be complicit, Pope Francis says

Migrants, intercepted off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, walk after disembarking from a rescue boat Jan. 15, 2019, at the port of Malaga, Spain. Some 170 migrants were believed to have drowned in the sea in two separate shipwrecks in mid-January. "They were seeking a future" and "perhaps were victims of human trafficking," Pope Francis said during his Angelus prayer Jan. 20.
VATICAN – To be indifferent to or ignore human trafficking and modern-day slavery would be to become an accomplice to those crimes, Pope Francis said.
Published in International
January 22, 2019

Pope Francis says he's pained by deaths in Colombia, the Mediterranean

A police officer and two women wipe away tears Jan. 17, 2019, close to the scene where a car bomb exploded in Bogota, Colombia.
VATICAN – When Pope Francis led the recitation of the Angelus prayer Jan. 20, he told the crowd in St. Peter's Square that he had "two pains in my heart: Colombia and the Mediterranean."
Published in International
November 13, 2018

Covenant House opens more doors for female victims of trafficking

Covenant House executive director Bruce Rivers says the demand for services to help victims of trafficking is greater than anticipated.

Another refuge from the trade in human flesh has opened its doors in Toronto under the umbrella of Covenant House.

Published in Canada
November 8, 2018

Airport chaplaincy, Catholic school boards work with police to stop human trafficking

Fr. John Mullins, airport chaplain at Toronto's Pearson International Airport likes to walk around the terminals, keeping a watchful eye. Duffering-Peel Catholic School Board superintendent Tilia Cruz superintendent Tilia Cruz wants the board’s educators to be on the frontlines of identifying potential victims in schools.

After celebrating daily Mass at Terminals 1 and 3, airport chaplain Fr. John Mullins likes to walk around Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, praying the rosary and keeping a watchful eye. 

Published in Canada
September 5, 2018

Indonesian priest continues to confront human traffickers

Trafficked Cambodian fishermen arrive in 2013 at Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia. The 30 trafficked Cambodian fishermen returned home from Indonesia with help from Indonesian authorities and International Organization for Migration.
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Fighting human trafficking has become a daily routine over the past five years for Father Chrisanctus Paschalis Saturnus, a priest in Indonesia's Pangkal-Pinang Diocese.
Published in International
March 21, 2018

Allowing young people to be part of decision-making will change the world, African youths say

Vincent Paul Nneji of Nigeria and Tinyiko Joan Ndaba from South Africa were among the 305 young adults participating in a weeklong pre-synod meeting with Pope Francis and bishops.
VATICAN – If the Catholic Church at every level – and governments, too – would listen to young people and give them a voice in decision-making, they could unleash great potential, said two African young adults.
Published in International
March 15, 2018

Human trafficking called 'one of darkest, most revolting realities' today

Human trafficking called 'one of darkest, most revolting realities' today
UNITED NATIONS – Mely Lenario quietly described her harrowing journey from ambitious, naive rural girl trafficked to hopeless, drug-fueled urban prostitute, through slow rehabilitation to a new life as an outreach worker.
Published in International
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