religion-legal3.03 min read "Vatican Upset as French Court Backs Dismissed Nun"
The Vatican has formally protested to France after a court ruled in favor of a nun who was dismissed from her religious order, criticizing the secretive process used by the Vatican. The court found that the Vatican's canonical investigation violated the nun's fundamental rights and ordered the Vatican officials to pay damages. This case represents a rare intrusion of secular justice into internal church matters and highlights the clash between canonical procedures and contemporary secular concepts of justice.
1 year ago•Source: Yahoo! Voices
