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June 10, 2014

Pope tells traffickers, arms manufacturers that God's judgment will come

ope Francis holds a pamphlet for the Red Card to Child Labor campaign as he leads his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 11. One day in advance of the World Day against Child Labor, the pope appealed to the international communit y to help safeguard children from forced labor. The words on the pamphlet in Italian say: "All together against child labor."

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis denounced those responsible for human trafficking, slave labour and arms manufacturing, saying people producing weapons of war are "merchants of death."

Published in Vatican