Pope Francis on children’s rights

POPE Francis will be visiting the Philippines on January 15, he will surely speak on children’s rights. In his New Year’s message he has spoken out on the root causes of human trafficking and slavery and calls on all people of good will to be part of the solution. There have to be many more people acting against this evil, he says, as there are working for it, if we are defeat it. Every one ought to be alert aware and active in reporting abuse. Not to report abuse when possible is to approve it and in some cases the cover up is a crime in itself.

Pope Francis called sex slavery a crime against humanity. This has heartened and strengthened all of the people working to end this most cruel form of human bondage. It is a crime rampant here in the Philippines as in most countries.