Vatican documents

With new ministry of catechist, Pope Francis widens role for lay Catholics

By Claire Giangravé — May 11, 2021
(RNS) — The latest motu proprio signals a continued, albeit timid, effort to answer a growing demand for agency from rank-and-file Catholics.

Vatican’s McCarrick report: Three popes looked the other way on sex abuse claims

By Claire Giangravé — November 10, 2020
(RNS) — According to the report, four U.S. bishops lied to the Vatican regarding allegations against McCarrick.

Pope frees jailed Spanish priest in Vatileaks case

By Josephine McKenna — December 20, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda was sentenced in August for stealing and passing Vatican documents to two Italian journalists in the so-called Vatileaks 2 case.
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