Vatican protests French court ruling on nun’s dismissal

The case of Mother Marie Ferréol is causing friction in Holy See-France relations.

The Holy See expressed concern Saturday after a French civil court found a former senior Vatican official liable for authorizing the dismissal of a religious sister without just cause.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, pictured in Palazzola, near Rome, in 2013. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

The Holy See press office said April 13 that the Vatican’s Secretariat of State had …