Let’s read the Aparecida bishops’ last of nine suggestions for ministry to children:
i) Promote and communicate in an ongoing manner research on childhood to make sustainable both recognition of care for it, and initiatives for advocacy and promoting the integral development of children.
Research would entail a combination of psychology, sociology, theology, and the pedagogy of education and formation.
For deeper examination, an English translation of the 2007 document from the Aparecida Conference.
Catholic Sensibility 