19 January 2018 | Address of His Holiness, Apostolic Journey, Meeting

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CHILE AND PERU (15-22 JANUARY 2018) MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, THE CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

Government Palaceʼ s Honour Yard (Lima)

[…] For example, black market mining has become a danger that is destroying
people’s lives; forests and rivers are being destroyed, with all the richness they
possess. This process of degradation brings with it and encourages organizations
operating outside of legal structures; these debase so many of our brothers and
sisters by subjecting them to human trafficking (a new form of slavery), irregular
employment and crime… and to other evils that gravely affect their dignity and, at
the same time, the dignity of the nation. […]