This afternoon, before leaving for the Catholic University of Argentina for the meeting with the world of work, Pope Leo XIV had a meeting with five people, victims of abuse by members of the clergy and ecclesial institutions in the country, presented by the local Church.

The Pope spoke individually with every one of them, listening to their words, the painful experiences they had endured and their suggestions for strengthening paths to healing within the Church. At the end, as he bid them farewell together, he imparted his blessing upon them and thanked them for the meeting and their witness of faith. To them, and through them to the other victims whom it was not possible to meet, the Pope expressed his closeness and his desire to strengthen pathways of protection, goodness, welcome and support within the Church.

In total, the meeting lasted for more than an hour.