Education & Formation
Guiding Principles
These principles are at the basis of all our work and courses.
Victims first
We base our reflection, commitment, and actions on listening to victims and survivors and learning from them.
Christian view of the human person
We value every human being as created in God’s image and act correspondingly.
Spirituality
We envisage safeguarding as a spiritual matter that directs us in our theological reflection and a faith-based response.
Cultural sensitivity
We honor the variety of cultures, engage in a critical dialogue and facilitate the culturally sound adaptation and implementation of safeguarding measures.
Multidisciplinarity
We look at safeguarding simultaneously from the perspective of various disciplines such as psychology, sociology, canon and civil law, theology, etc.
From our blog
Read articles from our blog related to our educational programs
Nigerian Students Outline Their Plans Following Safeguarding Diploma Course
Editor’s Note: We now begin a series of posts written by students about their experiences in our Diploma course and what their hopes are following the end of the program. The issue of sexual abuse has shaken Catholic Church globally. It may be more pronounced in one part of the world than another, but it […]
Bolivian Conference of Men and Women Religious “Care and Protection of Children, Adolescents, and Vulnerable Adults in the Church”
The Bolivian Conference of Men and Women Religious (CBR is its Spanish acronym) took place from the 23rd to the 25th of October. The event was a seminar on the “Care and Protection of Children, Adolescents, and Vulnerable Adults in the Church” for the Andean-Amazonia region of the Confederation of Latin American and Caribbean Religious (CLAR). 79 consecrated and lay women and men […]
Prospects for the New Academic Year
As we commence the 2019-2020 academic year, I would like to share that I have recently been released from the position as the Gregorian’s Vice Rector and as the head of the Institute of Psychology in order to give my full focus to the Centre of Child Protection’s endeavors. Through discernment with the CCP team, […]
Hans Zollner SJ shares about his recent visit to southern African countries
CCP president briefing on his visit to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; including his impressions on his experience there and his meetings with the bishops.
La missione di Suor Mary Lembo csc nel Pacifico
Dal primo giugno al 30 luglio 2019 sono stata nel Pacifico su invito dei vescovi francofoni della CEPAC (Conferenza Episcopale del Pacifico). La loro richiesta mi era stata riferita nel 2017 da parte di padre Hans Zollner, Presidente del Centre for Child Protection e membro della Pontificia Commissione per la Tutela dei Minori. Seguendo il […]
Reflection on the “Abuse of Power: Clerical Sexual Abuse of Minors” Workshop
“If, in the past, the response was one of omission, today we want solidarity in the deepest and most challenging sense, to become our way of forging present and future history.” (Pope Francis, 2019). Pope Francis’ clarion call to profound conversion of hearts in the face of sexual abuse, abuse of power, and the abuse […]