Pope: ‘Eliminate slavery, peace begins with dignity’

Rome, 8 February (LaPresse) – “Today, on the feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita, we celebrate the World Day of Prayer and Reflection Against Human Trafficking. I thank the religious and all those who are committed to combating and eliminating the current forms of slavery. Together with them, I say: peace begins with dignity.” Thus spoke Pope Leo XIV at the end of the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square.