Pope Francis inspires young justice advocate
Catherine Edwards, a young Adelaide lawyer who has been campaigning at a global level against human trafficking, recently returned from Rome where she had an audience with Pope Francis.
Catherine Edwards, a young Adelaide lawyer who has been campaigning at a global level against human trafficking, recently returned from Rome where she had an audience with Pope Francis.
Managing to keep the faith during a traumatic event that changed the course of his family was no easy task but the experience resulted in many ‘gifts’, Jesuit priest Father Richard Leonard told a gathering in Adelaide this month.
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Our family is not big on presents for Mother’s Day. I once made the mistake of saying that it was way too commercial and another symptom of the Americanisation of Australian society, or something like that.
Catholics have been urged to ‘pray, reflect and act’ to raise awareness and ultimately bring an end to the scourge of modern day slavery.
Forced marriage and slavery-like practices are going unchecked in South Australia because social services, school teachers, health professionals and other frontline workers do not recognise this form of human trafficking, according to a Flinders University criminologist.
As the world pauses to recognise World Day Against Trafficking in Persons today, the Adelaide Archdiocese has reinforced its commitment to fighting modern day slavery.
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