The development of a guidelines template for the protection of minors and the progress of the training programs at the center of the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Children (PCPM) held in the Vatican from 5 to 11 September.
Vatican City (AsiaNews) - The development of a template for guidelines on the protection of minors and the progress of the educational programs were at the center of the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Children (PCPM) held in the Vatican from 5 to 11 September. On the same days meetings of the working groups were held on guidlines, healing and care, education, formation, theology and spirituality, canonical and civil norms.
A statement released by the Commission reads that during the assembly, statement, members of the Commission reported the progress of the training projects in progress both locally and at the Vatican. The Committee members were also invited to give lectures and participate in meetings in all five continents. Other training programs planned for the coming months include workshops in Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia. The Commission has also been asked to hold a workshops with the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) and the Conference of Major Superiors of the United States.
In the Vatican, the Commission members were invited to meetings of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and the Congregation for Consecrated Life and meetings are planned with the Congregations for the Evangelization of Peoples, the Clergy and Bishops.
The Commission "was happy to learn" that many Episcopal Conferences have already taken steps to adopt the proposal for a day of prayer dedicated to child protection issues.
Finally, in the coming months the Commission will launch its own website, considered "key to promoting the Commission's efforts to work with local Churches and raise awareness of the importance of the protection and safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults."