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Modern slavery

Filed in Ethics by on February 8, 2015 1 Comment
Modern slavery

Slavery would have been familiar to Job. It’s not surprising, then, that he uses it as a vivid image of all that brings humans beings to their knees and demeans them. Job asks, Is not […]

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Pope Francis hosts trafficking conference organised by Church in England and Wales

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Pope Francis hosts trafficking conference organised by Church in England and Wales

Last Thursday the Vatican hosted an international conference on the scandal of human trafficking, deplored by Pope Francis as a “crime against humanity”. The two-day conference, organized by the Church in England and Wales and chaired by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, […]

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Modern-day slavery and human trafficking

Filed in Ethics by on October 18, 2013 0 Comments
Modern-day slavery and human trafficking

Today, 18th October, is Anti-Slavery Day, which was created by Act of Parliament ‘to raise awareness of modern slavery and to inspire people to eliminate it.‘ As the Anti-Slavery Day website explains: The Anti-Slavery Day Bill became […]

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