There are many organizations set up to rescue victims of human trafficking, but one such leader says she spotted a gap in ...

More than two months after 5-year-old Loan Peña went missing in the northeastern Argentina town of Nueve de Julio, the church continues to promote marches to demand his captors release him.

SEVERN, Md. (WJZ) -- Outnumbered and outmanned. Victims' rights groups nationwide say human trafficking is the second largest crime. Gigi Barnett explains why one of those groups is turning to ...

Although they have not yet reached full unity, Roman Catholics and Anglicans continue their dialogue, come together in prayer and work side by side, including on a new project to combat human ...

Human trafficking is a “shadow industry” and an example of slavery’s persistence, Archbishop of Portland, Oregon John Vlazny has said. Discussing how Catholics can help combat the crime, he ...

Human trafficking and modern-day slavery have long been at the top of Pope Francis’s agenda, as shown at a meeting on Thursday with the Santa Marta Group, a coalition of police forces and the ...

Church leaders and advocacy groups have asked the ongoing ASEAN summit in Indonesia to put in place concrete steps to combat human trafficking. “What is more important is real action and the steps ...

Faith-based groups play a critical role in the global fight against human trafficking—one which merits a closer partnership with the U.S., one Catholic leader told members of Congress Wednesday.

Catholics fighting against human trafficking must work together in order to be truly effective against this "odious" crime, Pope Francis told an international network of religious working against ...

The Life: July 30 is the United Nations' World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Our sister panelists shared what their congregations are doing to eliminate this grave offense against human dignity.

Carla Marquez, 36, who is six months pregnant, burns wood on the street to cook a meal for her husband, Carlos Henrique Mendes, 25, and their daughter, Gabriela, 5, outside their home in São ...