Card. O’ Malley: Clerical Abuse Survivors, courageous witnesses of faith
Abuse and its cover up must stop and the wrongs done to God’s people must be corrected
Pope to warsaw Conference: Misguided concern for Church reputation should not sideline abuse victims’ welfare
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...
A Conference of Central and Eastern European Churches
Our Common Mission of Safeguarding God’s Children is the theme of an international conference gathering representatives of Episcopal Conferences and professionals working in the field of child and youth protection in nearly 20 countries of Central and...
The Voices of Victims of Clergy Sexual Abuse
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...
Towards Warsaw: Our Common Mission of Safeguarding God’s Children
Since early 2017, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has been organizing a regional meeting for the churches in Central and Eastern Europe. Led by the efforts of Professor Hannah Suchocka it will be held in Warsaw in September. Here she recounts...
Pope Francis appoints Father Andrew Small OMI Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
“I look forward to doing my part to help rebuild trust in a Church whose mission is to protect, support and love any and all, but especially those wounded by the Church’s ministers. The Lord will accompany us.”