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Pope Francis called for action to
prevent gender-based violence on Saturday, the International Day
for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
"Violence against women is a poisonous weed that plagues our
society and must be pulled up from its roots," the pontiff said
in a post on X.
"These roots grow in the soil of prejudice and of injustice;
they must be countered with educational action that places the
person, with his or her dignity, at the centre".
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