by Emer McCarthy | Jul 14, 2026 | From the Commission, SR. ARINA GONSALVES, RJM
Capacity-Building Programmes Equip Church Leaders and Missionaries to Create Safer Environments MUMBAI/PUNE, India — Caritas India has expanded its safeguarding formation efforts through a series of training programmes designed to strengthen the protection of children...
by William Roberts | Mar 16, 2026 | BISHOP LUIS MANUEL ALI HERRERA, DR. EMILIE RIVET DUVAL, EWA KUSZ, From the Commission, From the Commission Members, HON. NEVILLE OWEN, JUAN CARLOS CRUZ, MAUD DE BOER-BUQUICCHIO, MONS. THIBAULT VERNY, NELSON GIOVANELLI ROSENDO DOS SANTOS, PROFESSOR BENYAM DAWIT MEZMUR, PROFESSOR ERNESTO CAFFO, Senza categoria, SR. ARINA GONSALVES, RJM, TERESA DEVLIN, TERESA MORRIS KETTELKAMP
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Monday opened the Plenary Assembly of the Commission, encouraging its members to continue strengthening a culture of safeguarding across the life of the Church. Receiving the Commission in audience at the Apostolic Palace, the Pope...
by William Roberts | Feb 17, 2026 | From the Commission, SR. ARINA GONSALVES, RJM
MUMBAI — Caritas India strengthened its safeguarding efforts through a two-day learning and exposure visit held in Mumbai on 5–6 December, bringing together members of its Internal Committee with leading practitioners from the Church and social service sectors. The...
by William Roberts | Jul 8, 2025 | From the Commission Members, SR. ARINA GONSALVES, RJM
PUNE, India — A two-day safeguarding workshop focused on the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable persons was held at Ishvani Kendra in Pune, Maharashtra, drawing religious participants from across five continents. The Divine Word Missionaries (Society of the...
by administrator@tutelaminorum.va | Sep 14, 2024 | From the Commission, SR. ARINA GONSALVES, RJM
Three conferences have been held on Safeguarding since the end of 2023, showing an increasing awareness and commitment to the protection of minors and vulnerable persons in the Catholic Church in India. Sister Arina Gonsalves, RJM, a member and moderator...
by Emer McCarthy | Oct 7, 2021 | From the Commission, From the Partners, Senza categoria, SR. ARINA GONSALVES, RJM
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...
