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Cardinal Marc Ouellet
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Vatican protests French court ruling on nun’s dismissal

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

Luke Coppen
Apr 15, 2024
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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 …

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