Friday, January 02, 2009

Vatican: Happy New Year, Goodbye Italian Law

By David Willey, "Vatican divorces from Italian law" (BBC, January 2, 2009):
The Vatican City State, the world's smallest sovereign state, has decided to divorce itself from Italian law.

Vatican legal experts say there are too many laws in Italian civil and criminal codes, and that they frequently conflict with Church principles.

With effect from New Year's Day, the Pope has decided that the Vatican will no longer automatically adopt laws passed by the Italian parliament.

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