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A servant of the people and the Word
Forget ‘distant’ when it comes to the Angelic Doctor - Pages 12-13
A Perth teacher, one of Australia’s leading icon painters, is ordained a Deacon in Maylands - Pages 10-11
St Patrick still a drawcard keeping Perth’s Irish heritage alive
A family affair: Emilia and her grandmother Sandra wearing their metaphorical hearts on their sleeves at the St Parick’s Day Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on Monday, March 17.
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WA mining magnate ‘Twiggy’ Forrest brings Catholics, Anglicans, Muslims together
Faiths unite in anti-slavery fight
By Carol Glatz THE INITIATIVE of West Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest has resulted in the signing of an historic agreement to fight human trafficking by the Vatican, the Anglican Communion and a leading Muslim institution. The new accord, which is aimed at ending human trafficking by 2020, was signed during a Vatican news conference on March 17 and launched the beginning of the Global Freedom Network. It is hoped the accord will
expand to include all the world’s major faiths. The global initiative aims to prevent modern forms of slavery; to protect, rescue and rehabilitate victims; and to promote concrete measures that condemn or criminalise human trafficking. In a joint statement, the accord’s signatories called human trafficking and modern forms of slavery “crimes against humanity” and called for urgent action by all faith communities to join the effort to “set free the most oppressed of our brothers and sisters.”
“Only by activating, all over the world, the ideals of faith and of shared human values can we marshal the spiritual power, the joint effort and the liberating vision
will and human effort,” it said. Aims of the agreement included: - Getting faith communities to ensure their “supply chains” and investments are free from using or
The terror and disfigurement seen in the children convinced Andrew Forrest to join the fight. to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking from our world and for all time,” the joint statement said. “This evil is manmade and can be overcome by faith-inspired human
profiting from slave labour. - Getting governments and business worldwide also to “slavery proof ” the goods and services they procure, produce or sell. - Educating families, schools, wor-
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shippers and groups about how to detect and report possible instances of human slavery and trafficking. - Convincing the world’s 20 most developed nations to condemn modern slavery and trafficking, and support a global fund to help poorer countries enact and enforce anti-trafficking measures. Mr Forrest said the initiative was being funded by himself and his wife through the Global Fund to End Slavery. He said he began the Walk Free Foundation after his daughter Continued page 3
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