by John Freund, CM | Mar 26, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
In a YouTube video Sister Elizabeth, DC shares about how she got connected to the efforts to end human trafficking in Macon, Georgia. This short, simple but powerful video speaks openly about human slavery in the US and is an example of a movement beyond direct aid to...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Speaking at Central Council of Hong Kong on Sept. 28.,  Jose Ramon Diaz-Torremocha observed that though “there is always poverty among us,” loneliness has emerged as a new form of social poverty. He also said “many poor people” in mainland...
by sjs | Jul 11, 2008 | Evangelization, Justice and Peace
Women religious in Thailand are making headway preventing young girls from falling into trafficking by training them “to stand shoulder to shoulder with men or their future husbands to build their own families.” In the view of women religious working in...
by annaread | Apr 9, 2008 | Justice and Peace
An Action Alert at the Web site of the Sisters of Charity of Halifax provides information from the NGO about human trafficking and action steps that individuals can take against this abominable activity. Visit the Web page.
by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2007 | Justice and Peace
“Trafficking in human beings is seen as one of the worst affronts to human dignity and violations of human rights. The Unions of Superiors General (USG/UISG, representing more than a million religious men and women worldwide) and Caritas Internationalis (CI,...
