VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After Pope Francis entrusted two Vatican academies to study the problem of human trafficking, a group of women religious asked the pope to raise greater awareness in the church about the issue by establishing a worldwide day of prayer and fasting.
“The pope was very interested in our suggestion and asked us what date we would like the day to be,” Consolata Sister Eugenia Bonetti told Catholic News Service.
Go to the Catholic News Service article to find out which day they proposed!
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, 11/4/2013