Analysis: What does Pope Francis' new 'Fundamental Law' mean for Vatican City State? – Catholic World Report
Pope Francis speaks in St. Peter's Square on March 8, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, May 18, 2023 / 09:10 am (CNA). Is the new Fundamental Law issued by Pope Francis last week simply a modernization of Vatican City’s civil constitution or something much more — perhaps even a Copernican revolution in how the city-state functions and understands itself? Pope Francis said he issued the new law “to respond to the needs of our times.” And Professor Vincenzo Buonomo, a councilor of the Vatican City State and rector of the Lateran University, stressed this week t...