Sister Eugenia Bonetti M.C. | |
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Archdiocese | Naples |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Christianity |
Residence | Naples, Campania, Italy |
Occupation | Leader of the Italian Union of Major Superiors' work against human trafficking |
Eugenia Bonetti is a nun who works to rescue girls from being trafficked in Italy[1] and help women leave the country's prostitution industry.[2]
She is a Consolata Missionary Sister,[3] a Master of Counselling, and a member of the Italian Union of Major Superiors,[4] leading the organization's work against human trafficking.[5] In this capacity, she is in charge of 250 nuns around the world who work to help young girls and women exit prostitution.[6]
She appears in the documentary film Not My Life, in which she speaks about her work in Italy.[1] In 2005, she participated in a conference sponsored by the Holy See in order to explore how the Catholic Church can provide better pastoral care for women forced into prostitution.[7] She won the International Women of Courage Award in 2007[8] and the European Citizens' Prize in 2013.[9]
In December 2012 she founded the association Slaves No More (Mai più schiave).[10]
Pope Francis chose her to write the texts for the Good Friday Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in 2019.[11][12]