The Apostleship of Prayer says that according to the Global Slavery Index, over 30 million people around the world are slaves. 78 percent are enslaved for labour and 22 percent for sex. The country with the highest percentage of slaves is Mauritania, Africa, at 4 percent. In India over 14 million people are enslaved. The United States has more than 60,000 people enslaved. Pope Francis has called human trafficking a “crime against humanity” and “an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ.” The Pope made human trafficking the focus of his Message for this year’s World Day of Peace.
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