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(CNS) Pope Francis: Human trafficking is crime against humanity, must be stopped
— The trafficking of human beings is a crime against humanity and must be stopped, Pope Francis told diplomats.
“It’s a disgrace” that people are treated “as objects, deceived, raped, often sold many times for different purposes and, in the end, killed or, in any case, physically and mentally damaged, ending up thrown away and abandoned,” he said.
The pope’s comments came Dec. 12 in a speech to 17 new ambassadors to the Vatican who were presenting their letters of credential to the pope. Among the 17 were ambassadors representing the state of Palestine, Kuwait, Sierra Leone and Iceland.
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