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Category: Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Vatican body, Italian bishops strike deal for safeguarding in global south

On Friday the Italian Bishops’ Conference signed an agreement with the pope’s Commission for the Protection of Minors to provide support for safeguarding initiatives, particularly in the global south, where funds for these efforts is often lacking.

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Vatican movie ‘night’: Popcorn, beer, rosaries and Russell Crowe

As soon as the lights dimmed for the start of the show in the tiny Vatican movie theater, the crack of beer cans being opened joined the quieter crunch of popcorn.

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Pope very clear victim care centers must be set up, cardinal says

Pope Francis has given his safeguarding commission a “very clear” mandate to encourage and supervise the world’s bishops’ conferences in establishing survivor support centers and services, said Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

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Irish abuse survivor: Curia reform undermines independence of commission

A survivor of clerical sexual abuse who quit the Vatican’s advisory group on abuse said she believes new reforms of the Roman Curia will further erode the independence of the body.

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Cardinal O’Malley: Retired pope’s statement on abuse should galvanize all

The head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said retired Pope Benedict’s “witness and profound honesty should galvanize all of us to defend survivors of abuse and to protect all those entrusted to our care.”

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