Pope: 'It must never happen again that victims of abuse are not listened to' Pope: 'Not educating girls is very serious discrimination' Pope Francis recommends to the members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, received in audience. "We are all called, in particular the ecclesiastical authorities to know directly the impact of abuse and to allow ourselves to be shaken by the suffering of the victims", Pope Francis says in speech to participants in the International Interuniversity Congress.