
Canadian Priest Assigned to Vatican’s Secretariat of State
The archbishop said the papal nuncio to Canada, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, had asked him to suggest a priest suited to the responsibility, and Father Goo was his choice.
The archbishop said the papal nuncio to Canada, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, had asked him to suggest a priest suited to the responsibility, and Father Goo was his choice.
COMMENTARY: This diplomatic policy means that Catholics under persecution by repressive regimes such as Nicaragua, China and Venezuela should not expect rhetorical support from the Vatican.
The former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura calls it ‘a direct violation of universal Church law.’
Despite the brutal reality of life on the ground in China, Rome’s serenity remains undisturbed.
Sources tell the Register that the move appears to be targeted against Cardinal George Pell’s continued leadership of the Vatican’s financial reform process.
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