{"id":66769,"date":"2025-11-16T09:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=66769"},"modified":"2025-11-16T09:41:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:41:01","slug":"in-second-report-vatican-minor-commission-urges-listening-reparations-for-abuse-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/in-second-report-vatican-minor-commission-urges-listening-reparations-for-abuse-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"In second report, Vatican minor commission urges listening, reparations for abuse victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Bishop Luis Manuel Al\u00ed Herrera, the secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, addresses media during a press conference releasing the commission\u2019s second annual report on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Rome. \/ Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Vatican City, Oct 16, 2025 \/ 11:18 am (CNA).<\/p>\n

The Vatican\u2019s Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors on Thursday released its second annual report on the Church\u2019s safeguarding policies and procedures, urging heightened awareness of abuse and the need to offer reparations to victims.<\/p>\n

The second annual report launched by the commission, instituted by Pope Francis in 2014 for the protection of minors and vulnerable adults, promotes \u201cconversional justice\u201d \u2014 founded on the pillars of truth, justice, reparations, and institutional reforms \u2014 to be adopted by the Church across the globe and at all levels of governance.<\/p>\n

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Leaders of the Vatican\u2019s Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors address media at a press conference releasing the commission\u2019s second annual report in Rome on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Archbishop Thibault Verny of Chamb\u00e9ry, who was appointed by Pope Leo XIV in July to head the commission, spoke of the report\u2019s efforts to emphasize the significance of \u201cwalking alongside victims and survivors\u201d and including their voices in promoting positive change and institutional reform within the Church. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have acquired the profound conviction that the road leading to a culture of protection is not simply for victims and survivors but with them,\u201d Chamb\u00e9ry said at an Oct. 16 press conference. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis path of conversion requires that we be reached by what we hear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The 200-page report provides a snapshot of safeguarding challenges and recommendations in 18 episcopal conferences, mainly in Africa and Europe, and the positive trends and challenges on a regional level in Africa, the Americas, Asia\/Oceania, and Europe.<\/p>\n

It also offers a review of the safeguarding policies, challenges, and recommendations of two religious institutions, the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa and the Brothers of Christian Instruction of St. Gabriel.<\/p>\n

Data for the report was collected from focus group consultations with 40 abuse survivors from Africa, the Americas, Asia\/Oceania, and Europe, the commission\u2019s Memorare Initiative centers in Global South countries, and questionnaires distributed to episcopal conferences and religious congregations.<\/p>\n

Information was also gathered from consultations with apostolic nuncios and bishops during ad limina visits and data published by external organizations, including U.N. agencies.<\/p>\n

In order to make reparations to abuse victims and their families, the report outlines six key recommendations for Church institutions to form the basis of their \u201coperational vademecum,\u201d including welcoming, listening, and caring for survivors; public and private communications and apologies; and spiritual and psychotherapeutic support.<\/p>\n

The report also urges financial support, institutional and disciplinary reforms, and safeguarding initiatives across the ecclesial community.<\/p>\n

The second annual report released by the pontifical commission also includes a brief section outlining the role and activities of the Roman Curia in supporting local Churches\u2019 safeguarding activities, in line with Pope Francis\u2019 \u201call-of-government\u201d approach to promote an \u201congoing conversion toward a culture of safeguarding.\u201d   <\/p>\n

According to Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, a jurist and member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors since 2022, the annual report is a handbook that can be used within the Church to address the \u201cglobal data gap\u201d on sexual violence and abuse against children.<\/p>\n

Noting the \u201calarming\u201d gap in numerical abuse report data worldwide and further improvements for the commission\u2019s future work, Boer-Buquicchio said the report emphasizes the significance of \u201clistening\u201d in the Church\u2019s safeguarding ministries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to highlight one of the most consistent points that emerged: Victims\/survivors want to feel heard and validated in their experiences,\u201d she said at the Thursday press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmidst these positive developments in our methodology, we recommit ourselves to continuous improvement, knowing that we still fall short of a fully mature reporting instrument,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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Bishop Luis Manuel Al\u00ed Herrera, the secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, addresses media during a press conference releasing the commission\u2019s second annual report on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Rome. \/ Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA Vatican City, Oct 16, 2025 \/ 11:18 am (CNA). The Vatican\u2019s Pontifical Commission for the Protection [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":69358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-66769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/In-second-report-Vatican-minor-commission-urges-listening-reparations-for-abuse-victims.webp?fit=800%2C533&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack_featured_media_url","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66769"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=66769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}