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Sister Monica Chikwe, vice president, Slaves No More / U.S. Embassy to the Holy SeeVatican City, Oct 15, 2021 / 10:06 am (CNA).When a 26-year-old Nigerian girl was first forced out on the streets of Italy by her traffickers, she was told: "You have to start smiling."Blessing Okaedion still thinks back on that moment in 2013 as a turning point in her life."I can remember the shame. I can remember covering my face," Okaedion said at an event in Rome on Oct. 14.Her traffickers told her to smile for the clients, and Okaedion thought: "How can I just stop crying and start smiling?"She said that that was the moment that she realized that she was a slave without the freedom even to express her own emotions."You can no longer prove your emotions because it doesn t matter anymore because you are a slave," she said."You have to present yourself to the buyers that you are a product, that you chose to be there. You have to present yourself to the buyer, ....
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Cookie Policy The portal Osservatore Romano uses technical or similar cookies to make navigation easier and guarantee the use of the services. Furthermore, technical and analysis cookies from third parties may be used. If you want to know more click here. By closing this banner you consent to the use of cookies. I AGREE Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia on the Second Sunday of Easter Merciful because they have received mercy 16 April 2021 It is difficult to become “merciful” without the awareness of having first “received mercy”: Pope Francis said this during the Mass celebrated at the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia on Sunday morning, 11 April, the Second Sunday of Easter and Feast of Divine Mercy. Concelebrating with the Pontiff were Archbishop Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, Monsignor Jozef Bart, rector of the churc ....
Offering Mass at the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia April 11, the pope reflected on Jesus appearances to his disciples between his resurrection and his ascension, explaining that the disciples received the mercy of Jesus Christ through the gifts of his peace, forgiveness, and wounds. His wounds are open channels between him and us, shedding mercy upon our misery, Francis said. His wounds are the pathways that God has opened up for us to enter into his tender love and actually â€~touch who he is. Let us never again doubt his mercy. In adoring and kissing his wounds, we come to realize that in his tender love all our weaknesses are accepted, the pope continued. This happens at every Mass, where Jesus offers us his wounded and risen Body. We touch him and he touches our lives. He makes heaven come down to us. His radiant wounds dispel the darkness we carry within. ....