Pope at Angelus: Working together
to protect minors
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| Pope Francis' Angelus (ANSA) |
Pope Francis tells the faithful in St Peter’s Square during
the Angelus, “we want all possible measures to be taken so that such crimes are
not repeated”.
Speaking following the recitation of the Marian Prayer, Pope
Francis reflected on the “Protection of Minors in the Church” meeting which
concluded on Sunday with Holy Mass.
The Pope told those present in St Peter’s Square that, “the
problem of sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy has long been a
serious scandal in the Church and in public opinion, both because of the
dramatic suffering of the victims and because of the unjustifiable lack of
attention to them and the covering up of the perpetrators by people in
authority within the Church.”
The Pontiff said, that he himself and those who had
participated at the meeting had “listened to the voices of the victims, we have
prayed and asked forgiveness from God and from the victims, we have become
aware of our responsibilities, of our duty to do justice in truth, to radically
reject any form of abuse of power, conscience and sexuality.”
A Credible and Reliable Church
The Pope underlined that activities and places in the Church
had to be fully safe for minors. “We want all possible measures to be taken so
that such crimes are not repeated”, he said, “and we want the Church to once
again be absolutely credible and reliable in her mission of service and
education for children according to the teaching of Jesus”.
Pope Francis went on to say that it is by working together,
“with all people of good will and all the elements and positive forces of
society, in all countries and at an international level, that the very serious
scourge of violence against hundreds of millions of children, girls and boys,
all over the world, can be combated to the very end, in all its forms.”
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