Francis sweeping reforms to Vatican legal system include from child abuse to money laundering

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Pope Francis is introducing changes to the Vatican legal system and has announced reforms on laws governing child abuse to penalties for staff who leak confidential information. The latest overhaul of the Holy See comes after years of scandals which have damaged the image of the Catholic Church. Read full article

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golfcronie
Are these laws not already relevant in Italy? So does the Catholic Church have their own laws and if so why are they not being implemented? perhaps it is because they are Latins. Swimming in the same pool , if you get my drift. ( ie Argentina, Italy and the majority of Latin America)
Jul 14th, 2013 - 07:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Elena
Those are reforms over the VATICAN STATE you know.
Jul 14th, 2013 - 03:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
Are you saying that the Vatican State has NOT had these laws before? What sort of religion would condone NON TRANSPARENCY. Christ is the VATICAN at last going to realise that these laws that are NOW going to be implemented have been relevant to the rest of the World for many, many years. Why now?
Jul 14th, 2013 - 05:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
will the holy investigater win the day--
or will he suddenly dissapear..
Jul 14th, 2013 - 06:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Elena
You know what the word REFORM means? well, it´s the action of when you actualize or made harder some laws already in existence. I would like to be more patient with you given you obviously know little about the Vatican, but your actitude is way too arrogant to bear. Greetings
Jul 14th, 2013 - 07:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
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Do you know what the word implement means? What does incorporate mean? Has the Vatican State not incorporated these laws before now. Why? I know little about the Vatican, I totally agree with you. But please feel to enlighten me as regards these reforms. Does the Vatican not follow the same laws as the people of Italy or the rest of the world?
Jul 14th, 2013 - 09:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Elena
As a separate city- state of the Vatican has it´s own administrative rules, constitution and legal regulation, the Vatican does implement those laws withing it´s state but now what this Pope is doing are Reforms to make them stricter and also to adjust the Vatican legal system to international law with a decree that only the Pope can use. The Vatican is considered a separated state inside Italy, as that is the smallest country in the world. It has diplomats representing it on every country when the catholic church has institutions, religious orders or groups of support, and has observer status in the UN so it isn´t part of the UN, has a right to talk but not vote inside it. The Vatican state has different ways to interect with each country as them have the hability to determine the way their goverment will interact with the Church and Vatican state.
Jul 15th, 2013 - 03:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
Although I have no time for any religion and regard the papacy as nonsense at least Francis is getting on and doing things based on his ethics rather than protecting the church or protecting tradition.

He's the least bad pope we've had for a long time - and that's the best endorsement he's going to get from me. His position still needs to be abolished completely.
Jul 15th, 2013 - 01:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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The Truth PaTroll
GolfCRONIE, a Brit, talking about bank transparency.

This one made my week.
Jul 15th, 2013 - 02:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
From the Vatican City State:
“The population of Vatican City is about 800 people, of whom over 450 have Vatican citizenship,”

Gosh, that will make a fantastic reduction in the thousands of young boys and girls buggered or raped by 'The Men In Dresses' mumbling mumbo-jumbo.

As an atheist 'God help you' - but he won't because he does not exist.

Best make the best of it while you are alive because 'that's your lot'.
Jul 15th, 2013 - 05:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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