The persistence of child labor in 21st-century economies is “shocking and disturbing, ” Pope Francis said on Friday.
The Pope was addressing participants in an international conference on 19 November. The Holy Father said that the coronavirus pandemic had worsened the plight of millions of children forced to work worldwide.
“It is shocking and disturbing that in today’s economies, whose productive activities rely on technological innovations, so much so that we talk about the ‘fourth industrial revolution,’ the employment of children in work activities persists in every part of the world,” he said.