The Vatican has reached a compromise in the case of two employees of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) who were dismissed after marrying each other.
According to Il Messaggero, the agreement ends months of internal tension within the Holy See following the introduction of new regulations forbidding marriages between colleagues at the Vatican Bank.
The couple, who wed in September 2024, were told that one of them must resign or both would be dismissed under rules introduced to ensure “transparency and impartiality” in the bank’s operations. They refused to comply, arguing that their marriage plans had been made public months before the regulation was enacted. Both were dismissed with effect from 1 October 2024.
