Vatican State Secretariat frozen out on climate change doc

In a break from protocol, sources say, 'Laudate deum' did not involve the Vatican's Secretariat of State.

The Vatican’s diplomatic office was shut out of the drafting process ahead of Pope Francis’ Wednesday apostolic exhortation Laudate deum, according to sources close to the process, despite several sections of the text which focused on international policy and policy-making.

One senior Vatican source told The Pillar that the freeze-out has left officials …