Tag: St Josephine Bakhita
Archbishop Fisher homily: Remembering St Josephine Bakhita
This is the edited text of the Homily for Mass for the feast of St Josephine Bakhita at the Chapel of our Lady of the Rosary and St Peter Chanel, Domus Australia, Rome, Tuesday 8 February 2022.
Keeping modern slavery in mind
Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) recent commemoration of the feast of St Josephine Bakhita has ignited a wave of enthusiasm and commitment to combating modern slavery among students and staff.
Human trafficking is “rejection of God-given dignity of every human being”
Human trafficking "is not only a serious crime" but it also "is a rejection of the God-given dignity of every human being," said the chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration.
Archdiocese and school leaders pray for end to modern slavery and...
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, Anti-Slavery Taskforce chair John McCarthy KC and supporters prayed on 8 February for an end to modern slavery
Making slavery unacceptable
Pope Francis calls for Catholic communities worldwide to join him in commemorating St Bakhita’s Day, the Catholic Anti-Slavery Day on 8 February. Catholics around...
To ignore trafficking is to be complicit in the crime, pope...
Today - 8 February - is St Bakhita's Day, the day designated by Pope Francis as a day of prayer and action against the...
Church leads modern slavery fight
Companies and large faith-based organisations need to understand their compliance obligations under the Modern Slavery Act says John McCarthy QC.
