UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
By Robert Pigott
Religious affairs correspondent, BBC News
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is to meet the Pope in Rome later to discuss their project to combat people-trafficking and slavery.
The idea of joining forces to tackle the problem came to the Pope and archbishop over a private lunch they shared last year.
Archbishop Welby mentioned his concern about the abject misery of people forced, tricked or blackmailed into lives of systematic abuse.
Pope Francis responded with equal passion and the Global Freedom Network was born.
It is the first time since the Church of England was created at the time of the Reformation that the two churches have co-operated in a practical campaign to tackle a world problem.
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