Abstract
The objectives of this article are to address a situation where life is threatened by international trafficking of humans and illustrate some serious concerns of the Church in this matter. This article emerges from experience, since one of the authors acted as a priest of the Catholic Church in East Timor in the border with Indonesia. UN studies show that human trafficking victims’ men and women, adults and children, and the sexual exploitation is one of the most dramatic and reported forms of it. The main motivation is economic, and this traffic generates billions of dollars in illegal profits each year. The Roman Catholic Church addressed the issue more clearly in the Second Vatican Council denouncing what was called trade in women and children. Pope John Paul II situated this practice between the actions that are opposed to life and violate the human integrity. The Pope Francisco situated the problem under the current poor working conditions, as well as in the context of migration and refugees. Thus, human trafficking is an emerging theme in the Church, with concerns rising, appointed as attack on human dignity, crime, exploitation and result of poor working conditions that affects those who live in greater poverty on Earth.
Highlights
It is a very important part of the Church's mission, to promote life and defend human dignity when it is threatened
This article emerges from experience, since one of the authors acted as a priest of the Catholic Church in East Timor in the border with Indonesia
Human trafficking is an emerging theme in the Church, with concerns rising, appointed as attack on human dignity, crime, exploitation and result of poor working conditions that affects those who live in greater poverty on Earth
Summary
It is a very important part of the Church's mission, to promote life and defend human dignity when it is threatened. There have been work experiences in a parish near the border, for seven years, with knowledge about the movement of people in this area between East Timor and Indonesia This people used to present their problems more in the Church, to priests and religious sisters, rather than to address local authorities. From this moment on there was a desire to be able to provide a more adequate comprehension of the human trafficking to help people and families of East Timor who suffered being victims of these situations. This article identifies the issue of human trafficking internationally and seeks to map out the Catholic Church's concern about human trafficking, initially referred to as women trade, identifying that this has been a growing concern
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