Pope's video against death penalty"More than 300,000 children die each year in Africa from fake medicines."Pope calls for eradication of child slaveryIn the November video, the Pope asks for prayers so that children who suffer, live on the streets, are victims of war or orphans, may have access to education and rediscover the affection of a family.
Pope Francis' words throughout the video say:
There are still millions of children who suffer and live in conditions very similar to slavery. They are not numbers: they are human beings with a name, with a face of their own, with an identity that God has given them.
Too often we forget our responsibility and close our eyes to the exploitation of these children who have no right to play, no right to study, no right to dream. They do not even have the warmth of a family.
Every child who is marginalized, abandoned by his family, without schooling, without medical care, is a cry! A cry that rises up to God and accuses the system that we adults have built. An abandoned child is our fault. We can no longer allow them to feel alone and abandoned; they need to be able to receive an education and feel the love of a family to know that God does not forget them.
Let us pray that suffering children, children living on the streets, victims of war and orphans, may have access to education and rediscover the affection of a family.
World Network of Prayer for the Pope
The Pope's Video is an official initiative aimed at disseminating the Holy Father's monthly prayer intentions. It is developed by the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, with the support of Vatican Media. The Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network is a Pontifical Work whose mission is to mobilize Catholics through prayer and action in the face of the challenges of humanity and the mission of the Church.
It was founded in 1844 as the Apostleship of Prayer and is made up of more than 22 million Catholics. It includes its youth branch, the Eucharistic Youth Movement (EYM). In December 2020 the Pope constituted this pontifical work as a Vatican foundation and approved its new statutes.
