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Upcoming European safeguarding webinar to examine high-risk case management
VATICAN CITY — The Commission will host a European-focused webinar later this month examining one of the most complex and sensitive areas of safeguarding practice: the management of high-risk cases involving reassignment and restrictions on the exercise of ministry....
Bishop Ali on The Year Ahead and the Long-haul of Culture Change
The latest episode of the Commission’s Inside Safeguarding Podcast is an extended conversation with Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Bishop Luis Manuel Ali Herrera, a figure recognised for clear teaching on the pastoral imperative...
The Year That Was: 2025 and the Commission
A reflection on 2025, a Year of Jubilee, renewal and reparation in the life of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors’ in its commitment to Safeguarding children and vulnerable people in the Church. ...
Commission’s 2025 Asia–Oceania engagement sees need for practical tools in safeguarding cases
OCEANIA REGION — A year-long programme of formation and regional engagement led by the Commission in Asia and Oceania has highlighted both strong demand for safeguarding training and a continued need for practical, context-sensitive tools to support...
Lourdes Meeting Highlights Progress and Ongoing Challenges in Religious Safeguarding Efforts
LOURDES — Roughly 350 male and female major superiors gathered in Lourdes from 18–22 November for the CORREF General Assembly, a meeting marked by continued efforts to strengthen safeguarding practices within religious life in France. Sr. Tosca...
European Webinar Opens Series on Governance and Independence in Church Safeguarding
The Commission opened its new European safeguarding webinar series on 3 December with a session examining governance and independence, drawing close to 200 registered participants from 43 countries. Attendees included survivor advocates, Church leaders,...
Mexican National Safeguarding Meeting Highlights Victims’ Needs in Reporting Abuse
MEXICO CITY — Church leaders from across Mexico convened in late October for the Fourth National Meeting of Diocesan and Religious Commission Leaders for Vulnerable Children, Adolescents and Adults, organised by the National Council for the...
European Webinar Series on Safeguarding to Launch on 3 December
The European region of the Commission will launch a new webinar series on 3 December aimed at strengthening safeguarding practices across dioceses, religious congregations and Church institutions. The series is designed to offer a shared space for learning, reflection...
Colombian Church gathers for Second National Meeting on Culture of Care
BOGOTÁ — Nearly 140 safeguarding delegates from across Colombia met from 27–30 October for the Second National Meeting of Delegates for the Culture of Care, an initiative convened by the Episcopal Conference of Colombia. Organised by the National Office for the...
Commission Opens First International Workshop on Religious Life: “Building Communities that Safeguard Dignity”
Vatican City - Religious life and the challenge of building communities that safeguard the dignity of consecrated women and men and those they serve is the focus of a first ever three day international workshop, organised by the Pontifical Commission for the...
From Our Partners
Canada’s St. Paul’s University hosts April Conference on “A Wounded Church”
“The Centre for Safeguarding Minors and Vulnerable Persons at Saint Paul University in Ottawa is organizing a three-day conference in which international witnesses and experts who have lived through this crisis will share their experiences and findings. This is a unique opportunity offered to listen, understand and explore new paths of reconstruction and hope.”
Gregorian University Gives Space to Family, Discernment and the Covid-19 Pandemic
The experience of the Pandemic confronts everyone with the need not only to defend their own and others’ health, but also to measure themselves against the unmasking of false security and the detection of the pitfalls present in relational dynamics that show the fragility and vulnerability of individuals and family life.
UCESM offers Two Part Webinar Series on Spiritual Abuse
On April 28 and on May 18 the Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.) will be sponsoring a two part webinar series on "Spiritual Abuse." Speakers for the first April installment will include Sister Katharina Kluitmann osf and Dr. Doris...
A bird’s nest and healing: Vatican sponsors event on preventing sexual abuse
The Vatican teams up with Harvard University to host a virtual Symposium on preventing and healing child sexual abuse, an event which grew out of a bird’s nest presented to Pope Francis, according to Jennifer Wortham.
TutelaMinorum PRESIDENT Cardinal O’Malley, OPENS HArvard’s Interfaith SYmposium On Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
“We all have a moral and legal obligation to as best possible provide protection and care for the people we serve, especially minors young people, vulnerable adults, in all religious, civic and social groups. And the people we serve rightfully expect that protection.”
April 8-10: A Global interfaith Symposium on Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse
The best thinking from psychology, counseling, public health, ethics, and moral theology needs to be brought together to help shape the most effective approaches to healing and to prevention.
The Centre for Safeguarding Minors and Vulnerable Persons to Offer a SeMinar on Trauma In the context of Sexual Abuse
From March 24-27, The Centre for Safeguarding Minors and Vulnerable Persons will offer a seminar studiying the dynamic of trauma, especially in abused persons. This has a deep impact on how to avoid traumatization, how to treat victims in court, and how to provide pastoral care to them. Victims of traumatizing relationships are more vulnerable to abusing contacts. In the light of Christian redemption, a way to healing and reconciliation can be opened.
Children Denied Rights in #Covid-19: The New Inequalities
Prof. Andrea Farina: Today more than ever it is essential to continue talking about boys and girls to direct public attention to and encourage debate on the inequalities that are characterizing the living conditions and developmental opportunities of many minors.
A Deep Wound: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
St. Paul University centre for safeguarding hosts webinar on the dynamics of sexual abuse
India: Prayer for abuse victims on the first Friday of Lent
Sr. Arina Gonsalves: “Prayer makes our communities aware of the reality of sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults, which continues in our society, especially in the digital world”.