Commission Joins Global Summit Fostering Hope For Children 2026
ROME – Commission staff members joined the Global Summit 2026: Fostering Hope for Children, held from 3 to 5 June, contributing to wide-ranging international discussions on child protection, research and faith-based collaboration. Emer McCarthy and Serena Viti...
Vatican gives Commission new Statutes, Pope approves three year trial
VATICAN CITY — The Holy See today published the revised Statutes of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, updating the body’s mandate, structure and working methods more than a decade after its founding document was first issued.
Safeguarding Training Strengthens Myanmar Church Capacity Amid Ongoing Crisis
YANGON, Myanmar — In a national context marked by conflict, displacement, natural disaster and ongoing humanitarian pressure, the Catholic Church in Myanmar has taken another step in strengthening its safeguarding work through a five-session Training of Trainers for...
From Aid to Ownership: Reimagining Child Protection Systems in Africa
Cape Town — The reduction of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding for child-focused programmes in parts of Africa has prompted renewed reflection on the sustainability of services supporting children and vulnerable...
Pallottines Unite Around a Common Mission: Caring for Children Means Protecting Them
KONSTANCIN-JEZIORNA, Poland — Some 40 representatives from 18 countries gathered near Warsaw from May 12–17 for an international meeting of Pallottine Coordinators of the Apostolate for Children, organized by the General Secretariat for the Apostolate of the...
Countdown to Third Annual Report Begins in Synodal Dialogue with the Church in the Philippines
MANILA — The countdown to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors’ Third Annual Report begins in the Philippines, where a working visit has brought renewed momentum to safeguarding efforts in the local Church. From 30 April to 1 May, the Commission and...
German Conference of Religious Orders to Feature in Commission’s Third Annual Report
VALLENDAR, Germany — On the occasion of the annual gathering of the German Conference of the Superiors of Religious Orders (Deutsche Ordensobernkonferenz), Francesco Pappalardo and Agustìn Dìaz Herrero, members of the Commission staff, were invited to participate in...
CELAM and Tutela Minorum Strengthen Collaboration for a Culture of Care in Latin America and the Caribbean
ROME — Two online meetings held in April between the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM) and the Commission marked a further step in strengthening regional collaboration on safeguarding and the promotion of a culture of care across Latin America and...