Sins before our eyes: Modern slavery
"There are more people in slavery today than at any time in human history." Thus reads a declaration signed in Istanbul on February 7 by two of the world's foremost religious leaders: Bartholomew, Archbishop of New-Rome and Patriarch of Constantinople, and Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury. They committed themselves, within the communities of both the Orthodox and Anglican churches and beyond, to educate, raise awareness, and take action to work and pray to end this "scourge against humanity". They established a joint task force to make concrete recommendations because action was a central theme of the day.
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