In June 2014, Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby expressed their horror at the scourge of human trafficking. The pope singled out for praise ‘the network of action against trafficking in women created by a number of women’s religious institutes.’ Sisters of Mercy around the world are active in this field as the story below reports.

Sisters of Mercy from around the world began using video conferencing from June 2014 to discuss their Congregation’s opposition to human trafficking.

Questions being explored by Sisters of Mercy include how best to maximise the collective efforts of Mercy Global Action (MGA) in opposing the crimes of human trafficking, and how to address the problem’s root causes.

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