Catholic Connection – March 14, 2024 – Hr 2
Dr. Marcel van der Watt with ways sex trafficking can end. Teresa revisits St. John Paul II’s Papal Letter to Women. Gail Buckley has a Bible verse for our week.
Segment 1 – Intro & News
Segment 2 & 3 – Is there a deceptively simple way sex trafficking can end?
(Originally aired January 16, 2024)
Marcel van der Watt (Ph.D.) is the Director of the Research Institute at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation in Washington, D.C. He is an internationally accoladed investigative and research professional with more than 20 years of experience in combating the interspersing criminal economies of organized crime, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation. His cumulative experience as a former police investigator, hostage and suicide negotiator, and human trafficking case consultant continues to inform his work. Marcel is also a Research Fellow at the Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State (South Africa), and serves on the Executive Committee of the Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars (GAHTS).
Segment 4 – Teresa’s Two Sense
Revisiting Saint John Paul II’s Papal Letter to Women
Segment 5 – Bible Verse of the Week
Teresa and Gail discuss 1 Timothy 2:1-2 – “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and Thanksgiving be made for all people.” (Originally aired January 22, 2024)
Gail Buckley Barringer
President & Founder, Catholic Scripture Study International
