What’s in the Vatican child protection commission’s new statutes?

Why does the PCPM need new statutes — and what are the main changes?

The Vatican published on Saturday revised statutes for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

St. Peter’s Basilica, seen from Rome’s via San Lucio. Credit: Livioandronico2013/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.

The document, issued only in Italian on June 13, replaces statutes released in 2015, a year after Pope Francis established the Vatican safegu…