The Church asks that in the civil registry, where the clergy must be registered, there be a written addition explicitly guaranteeing respect for a person's conscience and Catholic doctrine.
The Holy See lifts diplomatic immunity of France's Apostolic Nuncio, Monsignor Luigi Ventura, after accusations committing sexual assault.
The interim director of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, reported the measure was taken by virtue of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic rela...
It would be a violation of religious freedom and conscience for the confessor and penitent, the Apostolic Penitentiary's document says.
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