Slavery

  • Pope: Too many people are still trapped in slavery

    Pope Francis receives participants in the "International Trinitarian Solidarity“ conference in audience in the Vatican, and points to the dramatic actuality of their charism that promotes action against religious persecution and solidarity with victims of slavery, oppression, exclusion, and persecution....
  • New ACRATH President calls for united action to stop slavery

    The newly appointed president of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH), Good Samaritan Sister Clare Condon, says she hopes the next few years will see increasing numbers of lay people join the religious in their fight to stop slavery....
  • Holy See urges protection of victims of human trafficking

    The Vatican Permanent Observer to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) reaffirms the urgent need for more effective protection systems for victims of human trafficking, amid growing concerns for women and children fleeing the war in Ukraine....
  • News & Events Weekly Update

    Diocesan Works Fund Appeal The DWF Appeal is being held across the Diocese of Parramatta during February 2017. Donations to the appeal will provide financial support to our not-for-profit social services. Each year, more than 20,000 inquiries for assistance are received by the Ephpheta Centre, which supports the deaf,...
  • New paper on human trafficking & slavery released

    “Human trafficking and similar forms of exploitation affect every country on earth. They flourish because of society’s greed for cheap goods and services and because it is so easy to forget that those who meet these needs are human beings with their own innate God-given dignity.” Those are the...