Professor Ernesto CAFFO
Italy
President SOS Telefono Azzuro, President of Foundation Child
Among his most important roles, Professor Ernesto Caffo has been Senior Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and he is Associate Professor at Yale Child Study Center.
Professor Caffo is president of the scientific board of the postgraduate school in child neuropsychiatry and director of the master’s research programs on “Evaluation and Intervention in Situations of Child Abuse and Paedophilia”.
Professor Caffo is founder and president of Fondazione S.O.S – Il Telefono Azzurro Onlus, a non-profit Italian organization that promotes children’s rights and fights any kind of abuse and violence against children and adolescents.
He is president of Foundation Child, which promotes study and research into childhood and adolescence, and he directs international training research seminars in the field of child and adolescent mental health.
Past-president of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP), Professor Caffo has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) since 2008.
In 2022, Pope Francis reappointed him a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
The Commission enhancing the European Safeguarding Network
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) is hosting in November 13-15 a European Conference for Church leaders and safeguarding personnel from across Europe. The purpose of this event is to broaden the European Network started in Warsaw in 2021, to share good practices in the mission of protecting children and vulnerable persons.
Card. O’ Malley on EU Day against Child Sexual Abuse
“We cannot repair what we do not recognize. We cannot restore a broken trust if we do not address the heart of the matter. This requires honest investigation, independent inquiry, and informed action.” The President of the Pontifical Commission for the...
Italy joins growing number of churches to observe national Day of Prayer for Victims of Clerical Child Sex Abuse
The 1st National Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse takes place across Italy’s diocese on November 18. Bishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni of Ravenna-Cervia and President of the National Service for the Protection of Minors, explains that this is "an occasion to be...
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.
Cardinal Parolin: reaffirmS the dignity of Our Smallest ones
The Vatican Secretary of State sent a message during the meeting promoted by our Safeguarding Partner Telefono Azzurro that focused on the theme “Dignity of children and adolescents at the time of Covid”. The Cardinal stressed the need for “a more incisive approach in the education of our younger generations.”
May 5: Fighting Child Abuse on and offline
“Governments, the non-profit sector, institutions, academia and civil society should join efforts and commit to protecting the dignity of children and adolescents worldwide.”
XV Plenary Assembly addresses the realities, challenges, and directions for the Commission, Safeguarding, and the Church
The XV ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors took place in Rome and online from April 19-22, 2021.
#TogEther for a Better, Safer Internet
Under the slogan "Together for a better Internet", the eighteenth edition of Safer Internet Day will be held on 8 and 9 February. This event brings together experts, parents, teachers and children from all over the world with a common mission: To make the web a safer...
Balancing confidentiality, transparency and accountability
The ongoing work of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (TutelaMinorum) continues to bring together experts from around the world, providing renewed attention to strengthening the Church’s response to the sexual abuse crisis faced in every part of...