by Emer McCarthy | Sep 12, 2025 | Annual Report, BISHOP LUIS MANUEL ALI HERRERA, From the Commission, MONS. THIBAULT VERNY
VATICAN CITY – Archbishop Thibault Verny was received in audience by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Fraiday September 12th, marking the first official meeting between the President of the Commission and the Holy Father, following his appointment on July 15....
by Ricardo Perez | Sep 9, 2025 | From the Commission
GUATEMALA CITY — More than 700 priests from across Guatemala gathered this past month for a large-scale training on safeguarding minors, organised in collaboration with the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala and the Commission. The three-day initiative, held from...
by Ricardo Perez | Sep 3, 2025 | From the Commission
SUVA, Fiji — More than 120 seminarians from across the Pacific gathered in Fiji for a three-day workshop aimed at strengthening understanding of Canon Law and safeguarding in the Church. The event was the first of its kind ever to be held at the Pacific Regional...
by Ricardo Perez | Aug 28, 2025 | From the Commission
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — An intensive training session aimed at strengthening the Church’s network of listening centers was held Aug. 7–8 in Tegucigalpa, gathering 52 participants from dioceses across Honduras. The programme, led by Father Daniel Portillo...
by William Roberts | Aug 12, 2025 | From the Commission, TERESA DEVLIN
ROME — The Commission has launched a special grant funding initiative in Ukraine to reinforce child safeguarding practices in Catholic pastoral and educational settings. Developed in partnership with the Roman Catholic Episcopal Conference in Ukraine, the initiative...
by William Roberts | Aug 6, 2025 | From the Commission, Senza categoria
In recent years, the global Catholic Church has taken significant steps to strengthen safeguarding measures, respond with integrity to cases of abuse, and ensure justice and healing for victims-survivors. Yet, for many Church authorities, canon lawyers, and...
by Ricardo Perez | Aug 5, 2025 | From the Commission, Memorare
NAIROBI — Efforts to expand and strengthen child protection policies across Africa are gaining traction, as Church leaders from Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other West African nations take critical steps toward implementing the Memorare Initiative,...
by Ricardo Perez | Jul 16, 2025 | From the Commission Members
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Catholic leaders in Zimbabwe have made concrete strides to strengthen child protection efforts, following a three-day training hosted by the Commission and the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) from June 24 to 26. Held in Harare, 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 Emer McCarthy | Jul 5, 2025 | From the Commission, From the Commission Members
From the early 2000s in Boston to the Vatican to the global Church, Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, OFM Cap has brought a consistent pastoral heart and reforming vision, emerging as a clear voice in the Catholic Church for safeguarding children and vulnerable people....
