From Apology to Action: Africa's Anti-Trafficking Army Calls for Reform

Crux Now interviews Sister Leonida Katunge about Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas: apologies for the Church’s historic silence are not enough; structural repentance—theology, economic justice, institutional reform, and pastoral action—must accompany the papal acknowledgment to combat modern trafficking linked to colonial and neo‑colonial dynamics in Africa. Katunge outlines an “Army against Human Trafficking in Africa,” describes the victim profile and networks, and urges governments, corporations, faith communities, and Western consumers to demand accountability, invest in youth opportunity, protect survivors, and treat trafficking as a national security and human‑dignity issue rather than solely an immigration concern.