Vatican City, Mar 16, 2020 / 10:30 am
The Holy See announced a new law governing the judicial system of the Vatican City state Monday. The motu proprio provides enhanced safeguards for the independence of judges and prosecutors in Vatican City to better address economic, financial and criminal cases in the sovereign territory.
Law CCCLI was signed by Pope Francis on Friday, March 13.
"Administering justice," the pope said in the preamble of the new law, "is not just a necessity of a temporal order."
"The cardinal virtue of justice, in fact, illuminates and summarizes the very purpose of the judicial power proper to each State, which is essential above all to cultivate the personal, generous, and responsible commitment of those who are vested with the judicial function," Francis said.