protection of minors Archives

Italian bishops decree ‘moral obligation’ to report abuse to police

May 24, 2019

Italian bishops deliver excuses on streamlining marriage annulments and reducing the number of dioceses, but bring results on child protection.

By Claire Giangravè

Italian bishops continue joust with government over immigration

Apr 5, 2019

The Italian bishops critcized the anti-immigration policies enacted by the governing populist coalition and enouraged them “to take on their responsibilities.”

By Claire Giangravè

Archdiocese of Mexico City seeks to seize initiative in fight against abuse

Mar 22, 2019

Continuing its efforts to fight clerical sexual abuse, the Archdiocese of Mexico City presented on Wednesday an Interdisciplinary Team for Attention to Victims, that involves priests, lay people and survivors, including the director of SNAP-Mexico.

By Inés San Martín

Summit drives home that clerical sexual abuse is a global problem

Feb 25, 2019

Though Pope Francis’s high stakes anti-abuse summit has not yet yielded any major policy moves, one message was clear throughout the four-day gathering: the problem of child sexual abuse is a global one, and no one can leave thinking it’s not a concern in their own backyard.

By Elise Harris

Indian cardinal insists clerical abuse not just a ‘Western’ problem

Feb 22, 2019

Starting day two of Pope Francis’s high-stakes summit on the protection of minors with a bold and challenging tone, Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai said the sexual abuse of minors is not just a Western problem, but is something the entire global Church must own and commit to fighting.

By Elise Harris

Survivors blast pope’s ‘reflection points’ on abuse as less than zero tolerance

Feb 21, 2019

As part of Pope Francis’s high-stakes summit on clerical sexual abuse happening at the Vatican, in Thursday’s opening session he released a list of 21 reflection points that did not necessarily sit well with survivors who say they fall short of the Catholic Church’s pledge of zero tolerance.

By Elise Harris