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"As Christians worldwide prepare to celebrate the Easter Triduum, the highpoint of the Liturgical Year, this month's newsletter reflects the Commission’s renewed call to vigilance, accountability, and systemic change – core conclusions from the recent Plenary Assembly. Pope Francis' encourages the Commission to be sentinels, who keep watch and respond to the challenges of abuse and its consequences with courage and clarity. We take a sneak peek at the central focus of the 2024 Annual Report on Church Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding and we examine the push towards a Universal Guidelines Framework. But first we offer an Easter reflection from the Secretary Mons. Ali Herrera on the Commission’s Pilgrimage of Reparation and Hope, a reminder that safeguarding is not only a structural task, but a spiritual and communal journey as well."
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A Pilgrimage of Reparation and Hope
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Marking the Jubilee Year, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors made a Pilgrimage of Reparation and Hope on the eve of Holy Week carrying with them, as they crossed the Holy Door, the prayers and testimonies of everyone who has reached out to the Commission over the past decade. The Following reflection is offered by Commission Secretary Bishop …
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Pope to Protection Commission: Be sentinels who keep watch
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ROME - In an inspiring message delivered from Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis urged the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to persevere in their crucial mission with "unwavering dedication and renewed hope." He characterized the Commission's efforts as vital "oxygen" for the Church worldwide. The Pope's heartfelt communication was addressed to attendees of the Commission's Spring Plenary Assembly, …
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'Conversional Justice' and Reparation: Annual Report 2024
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Addressing the Spring Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Constitutional Law Professor David Smolin, director of the Centre for Children, Law and Ethics at Samford University Cumberland, emphasized the Church’s evolving response to sexual abuse through a theological lens he described as “conversional justice”—a distinctively Catholic framework rooted in truth, justice, reparation and institutional reform. …
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Transforming Safeguarding: Towards a Comprehensive Universal Framework for Church Institutions
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In September 2022, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors began drafting an updated Safeguarding Guideline framework as one of its first tasks under the new mandate provided by the Holy Father in the June 2022 Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium. It has taken three years of study and data analysis to develop a draft policy document: The Universal Guidelines …
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