#Vatican charges 10 with fraud, extortion in real estate scheme

#Vatican charges 10 with fraud, extortion in real estate scheme

“#Vatican charges 10 with fraud, extortion in real estate scheme” The Vatican’s criminal tribunal announced charges Saturday morning against 10 people, relating to the Secretariat of State’s participation in an investment fund and purchase of a building in London, according to reports. Five Vatican ex-officials, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, were indicted, along with Italian businessmen…

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#Vatican seeks all-out effort to combat vaccine hesitancy

#Vatican seeks all-out effort to combat vaccine hesitancy

“#Vatican seeks all-out effort to combat vaccine hesitancy” Enlarge Image Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council of Life, speaks to reporters during a press conference, at the Vatican. AP ROME — The Vatican’s bioethics academy and the World Medical Association on Friday called for an all-out effort to combat vaccine hesitancy and…

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#Vatican looks to block Italy’s anti-homophobia law

#Vatican looks to block Italy’s anti-homophobia law

“#Vatican looks to block Italy’s anti-homophobia law” The Vatican is pushing Italy to block a proposed anti-homophobia law making its way through the European country’s parliament over concerns it’ll clash with Catholic practices, reports said. Archbishop Paul Gallagher wrote a letter to Italian government officials last week looking for changes to the so-called Zan Law,…

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#Vatican regulates lay movements to prevent governance abuses

#Vatican regulates lay movements to prevent governance abuses

“#Vatican regulates lay movements to prevent governance abuses” ROME — The Vatican took steps Friday to better regulate Catholic lay religious movements by imposing term limits on their leaders and requiring internal elections to be representative of their memberships. The Vatican’s laity office cracked down on the largely unregulated world of international associations of the…

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#Vatican law criminalizes sexual abuse of adults by priests, laity

#Vatican law criminalizes sexual abuse of adults by priests, laity

“#Vatican law criminalizes sexual abuse of adults by priests, laity” Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes. The new provisions, released Tuesday after 14 years of study, were contained in the revised criminal law…

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#Pope facilitates Vatican prosecutions for cardinals, bishops

#Pope facilitates Vatican prosecutions for cardinals, bishops

“#Pope facilitates Vatican prosecutions for cardinals, bishops” ROME — Pope Francis has sent another message to Vatican-based cardinals and bishops about his intent to hold them accountable for criminal misconduct: He removed the procedural obstacles that had spared them from being prosecuted by the Vatican’s criminal tribunal. A new law published Friday makes clear that…

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#Letters to the Editor — March 21, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — March 21, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — March 21, 2021” Skipping classThe new New York City schools chancellor, Meisha Ross Porter, had a year and a half experience as a classroom teacher (“New NYC chancellor has barely taught,” March 15). Barely enough experience to know how to take attendance. As a former teacher of more than 30…

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