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A bronze sculpture of Saint Josephine Bakhita, patron of trafficking victims, will be installed in the Vatican. / Holy See Press Office.Vatican City, Feb 3, 2022 / 10:15 am (CNA).A statue of Saint Josephine Bakhita, the patron of human trafficking victims, will be placed in St. Peter s Square at the Vatican.The bronze sculpture, a piece by Catholic artist Timothy P. Schmalz, is dedicated to trafficking victims and to all women, especially the religious sisters who work to free women from modern day slavery.The artwork depicts the saint, herself once a slave, freeing a mass of people from underground. It will arrive at the Vatican ahead of the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking on February 8.February 8 was chosen for the day of prayer because it is the feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita, who was born in Sudan in 1869. She was kidnapped at the age of seven and sold into slavery by Arab slave traders. During her time as a slave, she was beaten, t.

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