
Group photo of participants in the International Safeguarding Conference 2024 held at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from June 18-21. CCCB delegate Bishop Mark Hagemoen of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon is in the back row, second from the left (wearing a hat). Theme of the conference was “Safeguarding and Disability.” (Photo courtesy of Pontifical Gregorian University)
Bishop Mark Hagemoen was one of the Canadian delegates to an annual International Safeguarding Conference held in Rome.
Hosted by the Pontifical Gregorian University’s Institute of Anthropology: Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care, the June 18-21, 2024 conference brought global experts to Rome to discuss the relationship between safeguarding and disability.

Dr. Father Stephpen Kappler, president and chief psychologist at Southdown (left) with Saskatoon Bishop Mark Hagemoen at the International Safeguarding Conference held June 18-21 in Rome. (Submitted photo)