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Msgr. Robert Oliver: Vos Estis breathes life into penal procedures
Msgr. Robert Oliver, outgoing secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, says Pope Francis is “breathing life” into procedures in Vos estis lux mundi.
Creating a Pathway toward Renewal: the Healing Garden
“Knowing the issue of childhood abuse by clergy and its traumatic and long-lasting effects on victims, families and our larger Church has been divisive and torn people apart, here is a unique place where people have come together in the spirit of renewal…I feel if we can come together and share something in common, we have hope that our Church can be renewed. That is my dream.”
Cardinal ‘O Malley on CIC Book VI amendments
The President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has welcomed the Holy Father’s recent amendments to the Code of Canon Law. On June 1st Pope Francis promulgated the apostolic constitution Pascite gregem Dei, “Shepherd God's flock.”...
Bishop Arrieta: How Book VI of Canon Law has changed
Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru is the Secretary of the Pontifical Council of Legislative Texts. In an interview with Vatican Radio’s Christopher Wells, he explains why Book VI on Criminal Law has been revised and updated.
Pope reforms penal sanctions in the Church: Mercy requires correction
Apostolic Constitution “Pascite Gregem Dei,” Pope Francis reforms Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, continuing a revision begun by Benedict XVI and applying penal sanctions to more criminal offenses.
Vos Estis: Two Years Later, a Conversation with Canonists
Vos estis lux mundi was promulgated in May 2019 to address the issue of bishops’ accountability for clergy sexual abuse. It was approved “ad experimentum” for three years. Two years in, how is it going?
The ISC Launches its 2021 conference On Prevention post Pandemic
In light of what has happened globally, this conference aims at creating the space for collaborative professional development and fruitful sharing about how to deal with the consequences the pandemic has had on safeguarding children, young people, and people at risk.
Telefono Azzurro Reflects Upon the International Day of Missing Children
On Tuesday, May 25, on the occasion of the International Missing Children’s Day, Telefono Azzurro and the Special Commissioner of the Government for Missing Persons will organize a meeting on the theme of missing children in Italy, Europe and the world.
Child abuse erases childhood, says Pope in meeting with ‘Meter Association’
Meter Association founded by Italian priest don Fortunato di Noto works tirelessly to detect, track and report online child abuse.
Pope: child abuse is a kind of “psychological murder”
Pope Francis on Saturday urged families, educational and public institutions to tackle with renewed determination the scourge of child abuse, paedophilia and child pornography, describing them as “psychological murder”.
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