Pope Francis recently announced he wants to broaden the definition of child pornography in canon law, to include any and all material depicting subjects under the age of 18. Pope Francis made the announcement on February 24, during his closing address to participants in the four-day meeting on child protection that took place last month at the Vatican. What is the current state of canon law in these regards?The law currently in force is found in the Substantive Norms on delicta graviora (the most grave crimes or “delicts”) pursuant to the Apostolic Letter motu proprio, Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela, first promulgated by Pope St. John Paul II in 2001, and revised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. According to those 2010 Norms: