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PRESS STATEMENT
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Please see below a statement from Cardinal O’Malley on today’s news regarding the promulgation of the Apostolic Constitution PRAEDICATE EVANGELIUM:
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“For the first time, Pope Francis has made safeguarding and the protection of minors a fundamental part of the structure of the Church’s central government: the Roman Curia. Linking the Commission more closely with the work of the new Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith represents a significant move forward in upgrading the place and presence of the Commission which can only lead to a stronger culture of safeguarding throughout the Curia and the entire Church. Maintaining its status as a separate body within the Dicastery that enjoys direct access to the Holy Father and with its own leadership structure and staffing, the renewed and re-affirmed Pontifical Commission will play an increasingly incisive role in ensuring the Church is a safe place for children and vulnerable persons.”
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Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM, Cap.
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Card. O Malley: We Must do better
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The President on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has released a statement on news regarding Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. “STATEMENT BY H.E. CARDINAL SEÁN O’MALLEY, PRESIDENT, PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS “Conscience speaks to us if we are prepared to listen. In today’s message, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has provided us with an intimate description …
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Card. O' Malley on EU Day against Child Sexual Abuse
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“We cannot repair what we do not recognize. We cannot restore a broken trust if we do not address the heart of the matter. This requires honest investigation, independent inquiry, and informed action.” The President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors marked the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, November …
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Nov. 18: A Global movement to protect children
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On November 18, on the sidelines of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Fall Assembly in Baltimore, Cardinals and World Faith Leaders will join child sexual abuse survivors for the Pathways to Prevention, Healing, and Justice Inaugural Sunrise Walk. At sunrise November 18, sexual abuse survivors from across the USA will walk to raise awareness in the role faith …
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Italy joins growing number of churches to observe national Day of Prayer for Victims of Clerical Child Sex Abuse
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The 1st National Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse takes place across Italy’s diocese on November 18. Bishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni of Ravenna-Cervia and President of the National Service for the Protection of Minors, explains that this is "an occasion to be enhanced in the local Churches thanks to the commitment of diocesan representatives, parish priests, consecrated persons, …
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Card. O' Malley: Verification of Safeguarding policies key factor of accountability
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On Thursday November 4, Tutela Minorum President Cardinal Sean O' Malley addressed participants in a study convention presenting the results of Project SAFE. Sponsored by the European Union the project focused on promoting child safeguarding in three Italian associations that work specifically with children, adolescents and vulnerable adults: The Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII, Azione Cattolica and Centro Sportivo Italiano. Below …
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The following letter and introduction from the President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors is available in the original Italian. In questo tempo di rinnovamento e conversione pastorale in cui la Chiesa affronta lo scandalo e le ferite degli abusi sessuali inferti in ogni luogo a così tanti figli di Dio, il nostro Santo Padre ha ricevuto …
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Card. O' Malley's Address to Churches in Central and Eastern Europe
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"Honest assessment of our failures gives the Church the insights needed for the ongoing work of doing all that is possible to prevent further abuse."
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Indian Church opens National Safeguarding Centre
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By Fr Joshan Rodrigues. A significant step forward was taken by the Catholic Church in India with regards to the protection of minors and vulnerable persons, with the inauguration of the National Safeguarding Centre on the 8th of September 2021, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The establishment of the Centre is an initiative of His …
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Card. O’ Malley on CIASE Report: challenges our comprehension of victims' suffering
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Statement by H.E. Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley OFM Cap. President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, welcoming the publication of Final Report of the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church in France (CIASE) https://www.ciase.fr/ The report commissioned by the Episcopal Conference of France is an indictment of the failures of leadership in the Church and those holding …
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Card. O' Malley: Clerical Abuse Survivors, courageous witnesses of faith
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Abuse and its cover up must stop and the wrongs done to God’s people must be corrected
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Card. O' Malley's Address to Churches in Central and Eastern Europe
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"Honest assessment of our failures gives the Church the insights needed for the ongoing work of doing all that is possible to prevent further abuse."
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Pope to warsaw Conference: Misguided concern for Church reputation should not sideline abuse victims' welfare
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In a video message to a 3-day conference in Warsaw, Poland, on safeguarding children from abuse in the Church, Pope Francis calls for real and reliable change. By Vatican News staff reporter As an important international conference on the protection of vulnerable children and adults for the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe kicks off in the Polish capital, Warsaw, …
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The Voices of Victims of Clergy Sexual Abuse
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Ewa Kusz, a member of the organizing committee for the regional conference on the protection of minors for central and eastern Europe taking place in Warsaw, gathers the voices of people who have been abused by priests. By Ewa Kusz What do those who have been wounded within the Church say? What do they expect from the Church, from “Church …
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PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS
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Largo Giovanni Paolo II | 00120 – Vatican City State
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