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Card. O’ Malley’s Address to Churches in Central and Eastern Europe
“Honest assessment of our failures gives the Church the insights needed for the ongoing work of doing all that is possible to prevent further abuse.”
Indian Church opens National Safeguarding Centre
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...
Card. O’ Malley on CIASE Report: challenges our comprehension of victims’ suffering
Statement by H.E. Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley OFM Cap. President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, welcoming the publication of Final Report of the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church in France (CIASE)...
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
Cardinal O’Malley: Sexual abuse crisis requires a ‘pastoral conversion’
The President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors opens a safeguarding conference in the Polish city of Warsaw, and reiterates Pope Francis’ invitation for the Church in Eastern and Central Europe to undergo a pastoral conversion. By Devin...
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...
Verso Varsavia: la nostra missione comune di salvaguardare i figli di Dio
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...
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