“The move will further help protect the Filipinos against human trafficking, especially our people on the move.'
The decision stemmed from a petition from the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People for the CBCP to declare every first Sunday of February as a day of prayer for victims of modern-day slavery.
The country’s Catholic bishops are currently gathered at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila for their biannual plenary assembly, which ends on Jan. 30. “The move will further help protect the Filipinos against human trafficking, especially our people on the move,” Santos said.
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