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Watch: Day 3 of “The Protection of Minors in the Church” meeting
23/02/2019Pope Francis: Woman is the image of the Church that is Mother
23/02/2019-
For the first time since his opening address, Pope Francis on Friday afternoon took the floor to speak to the participants at the Meeting for the Protection of Minors in the Church.
The Pope’s off-the-cuff remarks followed the speech by Dr Linda Ghisoni, the first woman to deliver a presentation during the General Assemblies. “Listening to Dr Ghisoni,” the Pope said, “I heard the Church speaking about herself.” He explained, “Inviting a woman to speak about the wounds of the Church is to invite the Church to speak about herself, about the wounds she has.”
Pope Francis said that this is “not just a question of style, the feminine genius reflected in the Church, which is woman.” Nor is it simply a matter of giving women a greater role in the Church, although this is important…
Watch: Day 2 of “The Protection of Minors in the Church” meeting
22/02/2019Pope: Hear the cry of the little ones who ask for justice
21/02/2019-
The “Protection of Minors in the Church” Meeting began on Thursday with prayers, readings, and brief periods of silent reflection, before Pope Francis gave his opening remarks in the Vatican’s Synod Hall. In front of the Patriarchs, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Religious Superiors and other leaders, the Pope told them that, “in the face of the plague of sexual abuse perpetrated by men of the Church against children”, he had called them together so, “we may listen to the Holy Spirit and with docility to His guidance we may hear the cry of the little ones who ask for justice.”
Evil of abuse that afflicts the Church and humanity
He told those gathered that this meeting was, “weighed down by the weight of pastoral and ecclesial responsibility which obliges us to discuss together, in a synodal, sincere and profound way, how to deal with this evil which afflicts the Church and humanity.”
Pope Francis noted that, “the Holy People of God look to us and expect from us not simple and predictable condemnations, but concrete and effective measures to be prepared”…
Full Speech: Archbishop Scicluna pledges to protect minors “at all costs”
21/02/2019-
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Archbishop Scicluna, who delivered the second presentation at the meeting, entitled “Taking Responsibility for Processing Cases of Sexual Abuse and for Prevention of Abuse”, is the Archbishop of Malta and Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Day one of the event has “Responsibility” as its main theme…
Archbishop’s Vlog: The Church’s responsibility and determination to protect minors
21/02/2019Watch: Day 1 of “The Protection of Minors in the Church” meeting
21/02/2019-
With the “Protection of Minors in the Church” Meeting in the Vatican, the Church is attempting to provide guidelines to its own leadership and communities. But she is also offering a painful witness and a precise commitment to the whole of society. Because, as the statistics of minors abused in the world indicate, the protection of minors is an issue that concerns everyone…
Award certificates to residents following the Prison Inmates Programme
20/02/2019-
Il-ġimgħa li għaddiet saret ċerimonja ta’ għoti ta’ ċertifikati ta’ Health and Safety Level 1 lil 7 parteċipanti li qed jagħmlu programm ta’ rijabilitazzjoni mill-abbuż tad-droga fil-Prison Inmates Programme ta’ Caritas Malta f’Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq.
Dan il-kors jingħata mid-diviżjoni tal-Life Long Learning fi ħdan id-Dipartiment tal-Edukazzjoni. Għaċ-ċerimonja attendew id-Direttur ta’ Caritas Malta is-Sur Anthony Gatt flimkien mal-Kap tad-Dar is-Sur Bernard Schembri, id-Direttur tal-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin il-Kurunell Alex Dalli, il-Kordinaturi tal-Life Long Learning Angela Jones u Karl Mifsud, u l-Għalliem is-Sur Loreto Dalli…
“The abuse of children is wrong anywhere and anytime: this point is not negotiable”
Statement prior to the Meeting on the protection of minors in Rome by the International Union of Superior Generals (UISG) and the Union of Superior Generals (USG)
19/02/2019-
As the meeting on safeguarding and protection of minors begins we, the Major Superiors of Religious Orders and Congregations around the world, unite in support of this initiative of Pope Francis.
In our work as religious, we come across many situations where children are abused, neglected, maltreated and unwanted. We see child soldiers; the trafficking of minors; the sexual abuse of minors; the physical and emotional abuse of minors…