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‘A Church that seeks the truth’: The making of the 1st global report on child protection

How the Vatican’s child protection body is creating its 1st global report

Luke Coppen
Feb 09, 2024
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Almost two years ago, Pope Francis gave the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors a challenging assignment.

Sunrise at the Vatican. Radek Kucharski via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

The pope asked the Vatican’s child protection body to begin producing annual reports on the Church’s global efforts to safeguard minors and vulnerable adults. 

“This migh…

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