Pope Francis on Friday, August 12, visited the Catholic
charity that is giving shelter to women rescued from forced prostitution, the
Vatican said.
Francis met 20 women at
the Community Papa Giovanni XXIII in Rome, including six from Romania, four from Albania, seven from Nigeria and the rest, each from Tunisia, Italy and Ukraine.
"Today's visit by
Pope Francis is another call to conscience to fight the trafficking of human
beings, which the Holy Father has on several occasions defined as 'a crime
against humanity," a statement said.
This year, on one Friday
per month, the pope pays special visits to honour the Jubilee of Mercy, an
11-month Catholic festival that ends in November.
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