{"id":559095,"date":"2026-02-10T09:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=559095"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:05:19","slug":"orthodox-catholic-child-protection-project-bessarabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/orthodox-catholic-child-protection-project-bessarabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Orthodox and Catholic groups launch child protection and domestic violence prevention project in Bessarabia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia has partnered with Catholic Relief Services<\/a> to prevent the separation of children from their families and to combat domestic violence under a nine-month project titled \u201cCommunity and Communion.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Child protection and prevention of domestic violence<\/h2>\n

Implemented in the Republic of Moldova between January and September 2026, the project \u201cCommunity and Communion \u2013 Under the Church\u2019s Parental Care: The Person, the Family and the Child<\/a>\u201d aims to strengthen positive attitudes toward family-based care, reduce harmful social norms related to violence, disability and institutionalisation, and increase awareness of the importance of a safe and loving family environment for children\u2019s upbringing and protection.<\/p>\n

The initiative is aligned with national child-protection priorities<\/a> and builds on experience gained through the global Changing the Way We Care<\/a> programme, drawing on existing partnerships among public authorities, civil-society organisations and the Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n

The role of priests in supporting families<\/h2>\n

Through this project, the Diaconia Social Mission will engage local communities to support families and prevent child separation, while promoting priests as key community leaders.<\/p>\n

Sixteen priests from the Metropolis of Bessarabia will participate in a structured training programme designed to strengthen positive attitudes toward family care, reinforce social support networks, and facilitate families\u2019 access to concrete forms of assistance.<\/p>\n

The project will include training sessions, training-of-trainers courses, and youth workshops, enabling priests to promote messages of non-violence, respect, and human dignity, and to raise awareness of the various forms of violence<\/a> that can occur within families.<\/p>\n

At the end of the project, participating priests will have the opportunity to share lessons learned and success stories.<\/p>\n

The initiative is part of the 2026 solemn year<\/a> theme dedicated to the pastoral care of the Christian family within the Romanian Patriarchate.<\/p>\n

Photo: diaconia.md
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The Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia has partnered with Catholic Relief Services to prevent the separation of children from their families and to combat domestic violence under a nine-month project titled \u201cCommunity and Communion.\u201d Child protection and prevention of domestic violence Implemented in the Republic of Moldova between January and September 2026,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":559076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[36797,36796,2009,18807,34376,36795,36798,9780,2199,33544],"class_list":["post-559095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-en","tag-catholic-relief-services","tag-child-protection","tag-christian-family","tag-diaconia-social-mission","tag-domestic-violence-prevention","tag-family-separation","tag-family-support","tag-metropolis-of-bessarabia","tag-republic-of-moldova","tag-solemn-year-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}