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INSIDE SAFEGUARDING: COMMISSION LAUNCHES PODCAST
VATICAN CITY — The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has launched its first podcast, Inside Safeguarding, a monthly series aimed at increasing transparency, fostering dialogue, and educating listeners about the Catholic Church’s global child...
A Call to Prayer for the Cardinals of the Church: For Safeguarding, Healing, Justice, and Renewal
As the College of Cardinals gathers in Rome ahead of the Conclave to elect the next Pope, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors joins their call to prayer. We unite our voices with the People of God in a plea for discernment guided by the Holy...
The Hidden Pandemic: How the Memorare Initiative is Healing Wounds and Building a Safer Church
VATICAN CITY — Humanity has endured many pandemics throughout history, the last Covid-19 crisis costing some 15 million lives. But there is one pandemic that continues to proliferate in the shadows and remain largely unspoken. The damage from it doesn’t flash across...
Commemorating our founding father Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — Today, the Commission joins the global Catholic community in mourning the loss of our founding father. Pope Francis will be remembered not only as a steadfast spiritual leader, but as the architect of a historic cultural shift within the Church—placing...
A Pilgrimage of Reparation and Hope
Marking the Jubilee Year, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors made a Pilgrimage of Reparation and Hope on the eve of Holy Week carrying with them, as they crossed the Holy Door, the prayers and testimonies of everyone who has reached out to the...
Transforming Safeguarding: Towards a Comprehensive Universal Framework for Church Institutions
In September 2022, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors began drafting an updated Safeguarding Guideline framework as one of its first tasks under the new mandate provided by the Holy Father in the June 2022 Apostolic Constitution Praedicate...
‘Conversional Justice’ and Reparation: Annual Report 2024
Addressing the Spring Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Constitutional Law Professor David Smolin, director of the Centre for Children, Law and Ethics at Samford University Cumberland, emphasized the Church’s evolving response...
Pope to Protection Commission: Be sentinels who keep watch
ROME - In an inspiring message delivered from Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis urged the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to persevere in their crucial mission with "unwavering dedication and renewed hope." He characterized the Commission's...
Boots hit the ground in Commission’s capacity building program, the Memorare Initiative
LIMA, Peru – The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors marked a significant milestone in its efforts across Latin America with the second regional meeting of Memorare Advisors on Feb. 28, 2025. The gathering took place during the 4th Latrin American...
AMECEA Meets in uganda to build a new generation of safeguarding leaders
KAMPALA, Uganda — Safeguarding coordinators and seminary representatives from the member episcopal conferences of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) gathered in Uganda from February 17-21, 2025, to discuss the implementation of...
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