So, the big news out of the Vatican this week – some of it, at any rate – was that Pope Francis has again tweaked the Vatican’s criminal justice system. Now, the changes he made are not to courts at canon law – those are ecclesiastical tribunals that exist in dioceses and archdioceses throughout the world and in particular cases at certain dicasteries of the Roman Curia, all of which have their own problems – but to the “civil” law that governs proceedings in the sovereign territory known as Vatican City.
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"Vatican Justice" Doesn't Hold Water
so, the big news out of the vatican this week – some of it, at any rate – was that pope francis has again tweaked the vatican’s criminal jus...
Christopher Altieri

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