2023-09-09 02:00:00
In 1986, Pope Saint John Paul II, standing in front of the tomb of Saint Pedro Claver located in the Church that bears his name in Cartagena de Indias, said: “Today, as in the 17th century in which Pedro Claver lived, the Ambition for money rules the hearts of many people and turns them, through the drug trade, into traffickers of the freedom of their brothers whom they enslave with a slavery more fearful, at times, than that of black slaves… As men We who are free, those who Christ has called to live in freedom, must fight decisively against this new form of slavery that subjugates so many in so many parts of the world, especially among the youth, who must be prevented at all costs, and help the victims of the drug to get rid of it.”
And Saint Peter Claver is a saint who, precisely by serving, evokes the sense of true freedom, and becomes a voice that denounces all types of slavery, including the new forms that appear in the contemporary world.
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If you want to know more about Saint Peter Claver, we recommend this article from the Catholic Encyclopedia: https://ec.aciprensa.com/wiki/San_Pedro_Claver.
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