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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.
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 […]
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 […]
A Termoli si discuterà su “Child Abuse: Prevenzione e cura delle relazioni familiari. Ruolo e potenzialità del consultorio familiare”
Dall’1 al 3 novembre 2019, si svolgerà a Termoli (Campobasso, Italia) il XXVI Congresso Nazionale organizzato da UCIPEM (Unione Consultori Italiani Prematrimoniali e Matrimoniali) in collaborazione con Amoris Laetitia. Centro di aiuto alla famiglia e Consultorio familiare ONLUS Anatolè. Il Congresso riunirà partecipanti provenienti dalle professioni mediche, consulenti familiari e operatori del settore dell’assistenza e […]
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 Latin American countries
CCP president briefing on his visit to Argentina, Mexico and Peru; a time of many workshops, conferences and meetings regarding initiatives to create a safer Church.