During the Angelus, Pope Francis stressed this "central and characterising point of Christian life", namely the “revolution of love whose protagonists are the martyrs of all time.” The pontiff also spoke about the recent meeting on the ‘Protection of minors in the Church’.
At the end of the meeting on the ‘Protection of minors in the Church’, Pope Francis describes the extent of the problem and its significance as an "idolatrous sacrifice of children to the god of power". He cites figures and geographical distribution of abuse in the family, sport, sex tourism, on the web, child brides. Homosexuality is hinted at. The Holy Father thanks the "majority of priests" who are faithful "to their celibacy" and "spend themselves in a ministry today made even more difficult by the scandals of [the] few”.