Sentence examples for vatican rule from inspiring English sources

The Vatican also sought to defend the pope against criticism that a Vatican rule requiring secrecy in abuse cases was tantamount to obstruction of justice in civil courts.

The size of the family was partly due to her Catholic parents' obedience to the Vatican rule against artificial contraception, but also "because they really loved babies.

Obeying Vatican rules, Bishop Ruiz retired, reluctantly, when he turned 75.

Earlier on Thursday the Vatican ruled out easing its ban on abortion in the face of the Zika virus.

And though an approved miracle is normally a necessary condition for sainthood, he has bent Vatican rules by deciding that John XXIII doesn't need one.

The Archdiocese of New York already has one cardinal, the retired Archbishop Edward M. Egan, 78, who, according to Vatican rules, will continue to have a vote in any future election of a pope until he turns 80, in April 2012.

But the pope did not require that Roman Catholic leaders be disciplined for past mistakes as some victims were hoping, nor did he clarify what critics see as contradictory Vatican rules that they fear allow abuse to continue unpunished.

A woman who played a prominent role in a large Roman Catholic congregation that was banished in 1999 for violating Vatican rules was ordained a priest on Saturday by a bishop from the Old Catholic sect, which itself broke away from the church in 1870.

All were under age 80 before Benedict's retirement, as required by Vatican rules.

The Vatican's rules on papal transition stipulate that the cardinals hear two such meditations, one in the congregation and one at the start of the conclave.

Victims of abuse by priests have long argued that the Vatican's rules requiring confidentiality and the avoidance of scandal were often tantamount to obstructing civil justice, an argument that has contributed to the Catholic Church's paying more than $2 billion in abuse settlements in the United States alone in the past decade.