Pope Leo XIV met with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) on Thursday of last week, in what was arguably the most significant meeting of Leo’s pontificate to date and almost certainly the most sensitive.
Leo met with the Commission for a full hour – twice as much time as had been allotted for the meeting in the pope’s busy Thursday schedule – and pushed back a meeting with the Secretariat of State.
The meeting with the PCPM was behind closed doors. No copy or transcript of the pope’s remarks was circulated. The founding president of the PCPM, Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, emeritus of Boston, gave an interview to Vatican News in which he said there has been evolution in the Commission’s work over the years.





















