Pope asks to make the Church “a safer place for minors”

He Pope Francisco asked this Thursday to make the Catholic Church “an increasingly safer place for minors and the most fragile adults”, and recognized that facing the challenge that “the abuse scandal” es “large and complex”.

“Faced with the scandal of abuse and the suffering of the victims, we could become discouraged, because the challenge of rebuilding the fabric of broken lives and healing the pain is great and complex.“he said in an audience with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Guardianship of Minors.

He Pope Francisco He asked them to concentrate “in helping to make the Church an increasingly safer place for minors and the most fragile adults“so that the Church”always and everywhere be a place where everyone can feel at home and every person is considered sacred”.

Closeness to victims of abuse within the Church “It is not an abstract concept: it is a very concrete reality, made of listening, interventions, prevention, help”he explained. “We cannot help another carry their burdens without putting them on our shoulders, without practicing closeness and compassion.”, he stated.

For this reason, he called on them to “know directly the impact of abuse“and let them”shaken by the suffering of the victims, listening directly to their voice”. “The response to those who have suffered abuse comes from this look of the heart, from this closeness. It must not happen that these brothers and sisters are not welcomed and listened to, because this can greatly aggravate their suffering.“, held.

Francisco also asked that “the fruits“of the work of this commission”you should know and see the work” What do they do “accompanying the guardianship ministry of local Churches”.

*With information from EFE

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