A new decree allows someone claiming damage from an unjust action by a judge or prosecutor (both known in Italian as “magistrates”) to sue the Vatican City State, which, in turn, could then take action against the individual judge or prosecutor.
“After having already endured years of protracted crisis in the country, the Sudanese people now face much greater threats to their safety and security, housing, water, food, essential health infrastructure and education,” a Caritas statement said.
Father Massimo Fusarelli, leader of the worldwide Franciscan order, has appealed to his fellow Franciscans to stay put in the Holy Land despite rising tensions and threats to physical safety due to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas on the Gaza Strip.