Commission welcomes Synod working document’s focus on accountability and transparency and calls to include safeguarding in the synodal debates
The Instrumentum Laboris, or working document, of the second session of the Synod of Bishops — dedicated to the theme: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission – was released this past July. Addressing the challenges that will be...
Bishop Alí Herrera attends CELAM meeting: Safeguarding is an ‘evangelistic responsibility to make our Church a safe space and home’
Creating a culture of care, along with a shared responsibility toward transparency and reparation were among themes discussed by the participants from Latin America and the Caribbean. Bishops, priests, religious and lay men and women representing dioceses, religious...
Commission Secretary to East Africa Bishops: We must let victims know they will be heard
Bishops in the Catholic Church are called to promote a safe environment while providing much needed support to those affected by abuse, Bishop Luis Ali Herrera, secretary to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) said in a message to East African bishops.
Rwanda: Missionaries of Africa hold safeguarding training session in Kigali
The Missionaries of Africa held a Safeguarding training program from June 15 to 30, for 25 child protection delegations from 17 countries across the African continent, as well as Mexico, the Netherlands, and England. The program, which was held at the Lavigerie Centre in Kigali, Rwanda, focused on enhancing knowledge of best practices for protecting minors and vulnerable adults.