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Keeping the faith in tough times

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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Forced marriages going unchecked

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.  

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Fighting modern day slavery

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.