NEW DELHI, India, JUNE 13, 2006 (Zenit.org).- India's Catholic episcopate has made a number of proposals to stop the scourge of child labor, which involves more than 100 million children in the subcontinent. Progress in India has not been accompanied by a decrease in the "social malady" of child labor, stated Auxiliary Bishop Joshua Mar Ignatius of Trivandrum, president of the bishops' Labor Commission. Bishop Ignatius' concern is expressed in a letter entitled "Awake, Arise and Stop Child Labor," which he addressed to the nation's Catholic community on Friday, ahead of today's observance of "No Child Labor" Day. Poverty is not the only reason for child labor in India, noted Bishop Ignatius in his message, but also the carelessness of society.
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June 22, 2006
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