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Vatican trial evokes things we thought were in the past
John L. Allen Jr., Crux
Thursday, December 7, 2023
A new fundamental law Pope Francis issued for the Vatican City State on May 13, 2023, contains an absolutely unprecedented claim about the pontiff’s temporal authority. Among Italian journalists, liberal and conservative, this papal assertion is being challenged both for its historicity and its legitimacy. And it’s very much part of the trial of Cardinal Angelo Becciu.