What Churches Can Bring to the Battle Against Servitude

Among Christian dignitaries, Pope Francis has led the way in defining human trafficking as one of two global policy challenges which spiritual and political leaders must urgently address. The other one is climate change. For the pope, these woes are related: environmental degradation is one factor driving forced migration. Now the leaders of the Anglicans (numbering around 80m round the world) and the Orthodox (numbering up to 200m if you count generously) want to join Francis in throwing their full moral heft into the battle against human bondage.