Together for a whole day in the Clementine Hall, they reviewed one by one the rights of children: from food, health and education to the care of a family, play and free time. They also looked at shuddering numbers: million children who are "invisible" because they are deprived of any legal rights like Rohingya children and undocumented children, the indocumentados , on the border between Mexico and the United States and million children who are victims of forced labour, trafficking, abuse and exploitation of all kinds, including forced marriages.
Participants also spoke out against the alarming number of unprotected children. In , even with all the technological progress that we seem to have made, there are children still dying from hunger or lack of access to clean water. More needs to be done.
In truth, nothing is worth the life of a child. To kill children is to deny the future. Sometimes they are mistreated or even put to death by the very people who should be protecting and nurturing them. They fall victim to quarrelling, social or mental distress and parental addictions.
Countless others succumb to a lack of medical care or various types of exploitation. Francis also looked at the issue with the signs of hope that come with the Holy Year that the Catholic Church is celebrating.
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