Today, Friday 22 February, a briefing will take place on the Meeting on “The Protection of Minors in the Church” at 13.30 at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute, Rome, Via Paolo VI 25, attended by:

His Eminence Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, United States of America; member of the Organizing Committee;

His Eminence Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Boston, United States of America, president of the Commission for the Protection of Minors and member of the Council of Cardinals;

H.E. Msgr. Charles J. Scicluna, archbishop of Malta, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, member of the Organizing Committee;

Dr. Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Dicastery for Communication;

Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., president of the Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation, moderator of the Meeting.

The briefing will be moderated by the ad interim director of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti.