{"id":17113,"date":"2016-08-24T13:16:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=17113"},"modified":"2016-08-24T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:16:16","slug":"pope-francis-visits-refuge-for-former-prostitutes-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/08\/24\/pope-francis-visits-refuge-for-former-prostitutes-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis visits refuge for former prostitutes &#8211;  ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pope Francis<\/strong><strong> visits refuge for former prostitutes<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis has visited a special community for women freed from prostitution and violent abuse as his latest \u2018Mercy Friday\u2019 initiative during the Jubilee. During his visit to the \u201cPope John XXIII Community\u201d in Rome, the Pope met the 20 women who are being cared for there, all of whom have suffered severe physical violence and live under protection.\u00a0 He urged the women to be strong as they make a fresh start. Pope Francis has met with members of the community at the Vatican on several occasions.<\/p>\n<p>A press release issued by the Vatican described\u00a0 the visit as a concrete sign of the Pope\u2019s repeated criticism of human trafficking, which he has called \u201ca crime against humanity\u201d and \u201ca plague in the contemporary body of humanity, a wound in the flesh of Christ.\u201d The Vatican held a major conference to discuss the eradication of human trafficking was held by the at the United Nations headquarters in New York in May this year.<\/p>\n<p>The women hosted by the community present at the meeting are from all over the world, &#8211;\u00a0 six from Romania, four from Albania, seven from Nigeria, and one each from Tunisia, Italy and the Ukraine. The average age of the women is around 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>The general manager of the community, John Paul Ramonda, the chaplain, Don Aldo, two street workers and the apartment manager were also present at what was the Pope\u2019s eighth act of mercy, for his \u201cMercy Friday\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Pope John XXIII Community is currently caring for 400 women and has helped more than 7,000 women and girls over the last 25 years. According to the Walk Free organisation, 45.8m people around the world are victims of slavery.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis visits refuge for former prostitutes &nbsp; Pope Francis has visited a special community for women freed from prostitution and violent abuse as his latest \u2018Mercy Friday\u2019 initiative during the Jubilee. 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