Pope Leo XIV taps an Australian church lawyer as Vatican's chief legal expert
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- The article reports on Pope Leo XIV's appointment of Bishop Anthony Randazzo as the Vatican's chief legal expert, highlighting his background and the context of the Australian Catholic Church's past clergy abuse cases. It notes the Vatican's ongoing legal challenges and Randazzo's previous work with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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“Pope Leo XIV taps an Australian church lawyer as Vatican's chief legal expert”
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“Pope Leo XIV has filled one of the most important Vatican vacancies by tapping an Australian church lawyer to serve as the Holy See’s chief legal expert”
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“Bishop Anthony Randazzo, bishop of Broken Bay, was named prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts”
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“The office is responsible for writing and interpreting the Catholic Church’s in-house canon law, and also provides legal advice on other matters, including for the Vatican City State”
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“Randazzo, 59, succeeds Archbishop Filippo Iannone, whom Leo named in September to take over his old job at the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations”
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“Before being named a bishop, Randazzo studied canon law at the Jesuit Pontifical Gregorian University and worked for five years in the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith”
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“The Australian Catholic Church has a wretched legacy of clergy abuse and cover-up”
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“The commission ultimately found 7% of Australian Catholic priests were accused of abuse between 1950-2010, with 4,444 people saying they were victims”
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“Leo is also a canon lawyer, and the appointment of an Anglophone legal expert familiar with the grave shortcomings of the way the church mishandled the abuse crisis is perhaps telling”
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“Closer to home, the recent Vatican financial trial involving a cardinal has also revealed the limitations of the city state's outdated criminal and procedural codes”
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“In a statement on his Facebook page Wednesday, Randazzo said he was grateful for Leo’s trust. He said he would remain in Australia for the next three months before moving to Rome”
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