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new4now ago

went off a different way looking up P

I found a newly formed group called The Santa Marta Group founded by Pope Francis in 2014

The Santa Marta Group is an alliance of international police chiefs and bishops from around the world working together with civil society in a process endorsed by Pope Francis, to eradicate human trafficking and modern day slavery

what I found interesting was the partners of this group

The Santa Marta Group is a growing global partnership that has members in over 30 countries. It includes: The Vatican

UK Home Office

London Metropolitan Police

UK Cabinet-level Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales

Diocese of Westminster

Interpol

Europol

FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)

National Crime Agency (UK)

US Department of Homeland Security

The Congregation of Adorers

I'm still looking it up, but what better way to redirect investigations away from the big guys

Still working on Papal Foundation, but not finding anything that hasn't been posted, but will keep it on the front burner

Gilderoy ago

Wow. This is highly intriguing. Thanks. Multiply this with the fact that Pope Francis is the world's foremost advocate of migrants and open borders, and it certainly makes such an association more than a little suspect regardless of its stated intentions----or maybe the group's **stated intentions **are what makes people like us most suspicious?

new4now ago

Founded in 2014 in the UK, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster heads the group

but yet I just found this

Archbishop Nichols Is A Shame For The Church https://mundabor.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/archbishop-nichols-is-a-shame-for-the-church/

This group has my attention a lot of angles to look up

think I will leave the Papal Foundation for others and see what I can find on this group

Didn't mean to take a right turn from your post, but think this might be something to look into

Gilderoy ago

Absolutely look into it. I'm looking to. Cardinal Nichols is a huge leftist and open borders proponent like Pope Francis. How can you seriously say you want to combat human trafficking if you want no controls on migration and actively work to facilitate hordes of undocumented people swarming across the globe?

Gilderoy ago

I've been looking at the Santa Marta Group's Twitter feed and suddenly remembered another Vatican-sponsored group, M_Rsection, Migrants and Refugees, run by a Jesuit priest.

The Migrants & Refugees Section is a small action-oriented Vatican office personally directed by Pope Francis. He is convinced that special attention and efforts are needed to ensure that those forced to flee are not shut out or left behind. The M&R Section helps the Church worldwide to support those who are forcibly displaced by conflict, natural disaster, persecution or extreme poverty; those who are making their difficult way to safety or are stuck; and those who fall victim to human trafficking.

So, you have Santa Marta Group, the anti-trafficking organization on one hand, and Migrants & Refugees on the other, both personally supported by Pope Francis.

Some have pointed that "M_Rs" = MARS. It is run by Jesuits who love Mars research; the Pope is famous for having said early in his pontificate that he would be happy to baptize a Martian.

Christians cannot "close the door" to all those who seek baptism even if they are "green men, with a long nose and big ears, like children draw," the pope said at his daily mass on Monday, according to Vatican Radio.

There is a lot more to the Pope/Jesuit/Argentina/Mars/RedCross/NK thing, but I think everyone would think I was loony tunes if I said anything more.

Gilderoy ago

Funny thing that both the Santa Marta Group and the M_Rsection group were specially initiated and personally endorsed by Pope Francis, his special pet projects:

Santa Marta Group began in the presence of the Pope at his residence:

Following initiatives by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for England and Wales (CBCEW), the Santa Marta Group was developed by the CBCEW and first met in Rome during April 2014 when police chiefs and Catholic bishops came together, in the presence of Pope Francis, to sign an historic declaration, committing themselves to a partnership to eliminate human trafficking.

The M_Rsection (Migrants and Refugees Section) was created by Pope Francis and put directly under his guidance:

Discussion about creation of such an office had been ongoing for months. The pope's Council of Cardinals, a group of nine prelates advising the pontiff on reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, formally recommended its creation during their meeting in June.The Vatican press office said in a statement that a department inside the new office will be dedicated specifically to aiding migrants, which "expresses in a special way the pope's concern for migrants and refugees." That section will be put "directly under guidance" of the pope ad tempus, or for the moment, it said.