Pope: Everyone has a duty to protect children
(Vatican Radio) “It is a duty
of everyone to protect children, especially those exposed to elevated risk of
exploitation, trafficking, and deviant conduct.”
That was the message of Pope
Francis for International Missing Children’s Day at hisGeneral
Audience on Wednesday. Missing Children’s Day was established in the United
States by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, four years after the disappearance
of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City. The date of his disappearance, May
25, was chosen for the annual commemoration. Since 1998 Missing Children’s Day
has been commemorated internationally.
In his appeal at the
conclusion of the weekly Audience, Pope Francis expressed his hope that “civil
and religious authorities might stir consciences and raise awareness, in order
to avoid indifference in the face of children on their own, exploited children,
and children far from their families and their social context, children who
cannot grow-up peacefully or look with hope to the future.”
He invited everyone “to prayer that each of them might be restored to the affection of their loved ones.”
He invited everyone “to prayer that each of them might be restored to the affection of their loved ones.”
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