Vatican City (Vatican), 16 March (LaPresse) – No to “improvisation” and “superficiality in tackling the prevention of abuse”. This was the warning from Pope Leo XIV to participants at the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. “Helping to ensure the prevention of abuse,” the Pontiff remarked, is “never merely a set of protocols or procedures. Rather, it is a matter of helping to foster, throughout the Church, a culture of care, in which the protection of minors and people in vulnerable situations is not seen as an obligation imposed from outside, but as a natural expression of faith. This therefore requires a process of conversion in which the sufferings of others are heard and spur us to action. In this regard, the experiences of victims and survivors are essential points of reference. Although they are certainly painful and difficult to hear, they powerfully bring the truth to light and teach us humility as we strive to assist victims and survivors.” “At the same time,” the Pope emphasised, “it is precisely through the recognition of the pain experienced that a credible path of hope and renewal opens up.”