Pope Francis on violence against women. “To hurt a woman is to offend God”

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January 1 in the Catholic Church is World Day of Peace. During the Holy Mass, the Pope spoke about the plight of many women.

“From a woman, God took our humanity”

Pope Francis emphasized that he strongly opposed violence against women. – Suffice it to violence against women. To hurt a woman is to offend God. And it was from a woman that God took our humanity –

As the Pope recalled, the situation of women experiencing domestic violence has deteriorated significantly recently. During the pandemic, many of them were forced to stay with their torturers all the time.

The head of the Catholic Church also said that the current situation is difficult for many people. – Many of us are concerned about the future and are overwhelmed by the social situation. […] Looking at Mary holding her Son in her arms, I think of mothers and their children fleeing wars and hunger or waiting in refugee camps, said the Pope.

Violence against women in Poland

Domestic violence, especially violence against women, is still a serious problem in our country. According to official government data, in 2018 the number of people affected by violence amounted to 224,251 people (including 122,372 women, 36,148 men and 65,731 children).

In March last year, the Sejm hosted the first reading of the bill “Yes to the family, not to gender” by Ordo Iuris and the Christian Social Congress. One of the main assumptions of the project was the denunciation of the Istanbul Convention by Poland, which, according to the authors of the project, is “ideologically marked”. The Istanbul Convention developed by the Council of Europe was ratified by Poland in 2015. Its main goal is to create an appropriate framework to legally counteract violence, in particular that affecting women. The document contains solutions in the field of, inter alia, strategy, prevention, protection and support of victims and prosecution of perpetrators.