Recalling that yesterday marked the World Day Against Human Trafficking, sponsored by the United Nations, Pope Francis said this making an appeal to end this phenomenon during his Angelus address Sunday, July 30, 2017, to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square at noon.
«Each year,» the Pope decried, «thousands of men, women and children are innocent victims of sexual and organ trafficking, and it seems that we are so accustomed to seeing it as a normal thing.»
Pope Francis invited those present to join him in saying a Hail Mary for an end to human trafficking and to «convert the hearts of traffickers.»
After his appeal, Pope Francis greeted the various groups of pilgrims present in St. Peter’s Square.
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