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June 25, 2019

Abuse battle expands to lay movements

Participants attend a meeting sponsored by the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life in Rome June 13, 2019. The dicastery brought together representatives of lay movements and associations to review child protection policies.)

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has expanded its fight against sex abuse in the Church by giving all lay movements and associations a December deadline to submit formal guidelines and protocols for reporting and preventing cases of abuse.

Published in Vatican
May 13, 2016

Cardinal Pell: Laypeople a bridge between Church and the world

Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, motions as he leaves the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in this Oct. 13, 2014, file photo. Cardinal Pell said that lay people are called to be a bridge between the church and the world, particularly in matters of finance.

VATICAN CITY – Laypeople are called to be a bridge between the Church and the world, particularly in matters of finance where "clerics simply do not have that high level of expertise that can only come from highly competent and dedicated professionals," said Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy.

Published in International