Pope's anti-slavery drive gets multifaith support
VATICAN CITY -- Religious leaders from a half-dozen faiths have signed on to a new Vatican initiative to end modern-day slavery by 2020, declaring that human trafficking, forced labor and prostitution are crimes against humanity.
Pope Francis and the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, were joined Tuesday by Hindu guru Mata Amritanandamayi, as well as Jewish, Buddhist, and Shiite and Sunni Muslim representatives for a signing ceremony of a joint declaration against modern slavery.
