TALITHAKUM — 8 February 2025 — Ambassador of hope: together against human trafficking

MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS AND GLOBAL ONLINE PILGRIMAGE
On the morn­ing of Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 7, Pope Fran­cis will meet with the del­e­ga­tion of youth ambas­sadors, sur­vivors, and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the orga­niz­ing net­works.

Imm­di­ate­ly after­ward, an online prayer and aware­ness pil­grim­age against human traf­fick­ing will take place across all con­ti­nents and time zones—from Ocea­nia, Asia, the Mid­dle East, Africa, Europe, and Amer­i­ca. The event will be live-streamed in five lan­guages (Eng­lish, Span­ish, Por­tuguese, French, Ital­ian) on: www.prayagainsttrafficking.net

Sat­ur­day Feb­ru­ary 8, the youth ambas­sadors will gath­er for a full day of dia­logue and work, cul­mi­nat­ing in the launch of a new glob­al call to action against human traf­fick­ing. This ini­tia­tive will serve as a new tool for aware­ness and mobi­liza­tion, to be used across net­works worldwide.

“In light of the Church Jubilee, this year’s World Day of Prayer and Aware­ness, as pil­grims of hope, we invite every­one to take action against human traf­fick­ing. To com­bat this mod­ern slav­ery, we must unite our efforts and work togeth­er with vic­tims and sur­vivors to address its root caus­es. Hold­ing on to hope in the face of exploita­tion and injus­tice is chal­leng­ing, but we must per­sist with deter­mi­na­tion to build a world of peace, jus­tice, and dig­ni­ty for all.”- Sis­ter Abby Aveli­no, MM, Coor­di­na­tor of the Day.