“"Vulnerable persons" The third change brought about by the pope's updated text is that, in addition to minors, Francis introduces a new category of victims upon whom such acts are considered particularly serious: "persons who usually have an imperfect use of reason". ”
“ Abp Charles Scicluna. The 63-year-old canon lawyer has headed the Archdiocese of Malta since 2014, but he worked for number of years at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith where he established himself as the Vatican's most respected official on dealing with clergy sex abuse.”
“However, the real significance of the document lay elsewhere. For the first time in over a millennium, women -- and men not preparing to become clerics -- could be instituted formally as ministers (ministri rather than ministrantes) for the liturgy.”
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What a difference a year makes... or maybe not
