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Combatting human trafficking

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

“The trade in human persons constitutes a shocking offense against human dignity and a grave violation of fun­damental human rights. … Such situations are an affront to fundamental values which are shared by all cultures and peoples, values rooted in the very nature of the human person.” (Pope John Paul II)

As we enter Holy Week and journey with Christ to Calvary, let us remember the enormity of the sacrifice that Jesus made for us. This should send us from the images of Christ crucified on Calvary to the images of Christ crucified on the highways and byways in T&T/the world.

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Addressing human trafficking

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

“The trade in human persons constitutes a shocking offense against human dignity and a grave violation of fundamental human rights. Already the Second Vatican Council had pointed to ‘slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children’…as ‘infamies’ which ‘poison human society, debase their perpetrators’ and constitute ‘a supreme dishonour to the Creator’ (Gaudium et Spes, 27).(Pope John Paul II, 2002)

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