A new law published today makes clear that Vatican city-state prosecutors and judges have jurisdiction over Holy See cardinals and bishops and need only the pope's consent to proceed with investigations and trials against them.
The law abrogated a regulation that said only the tribunal's highest appeals court, which is made up of three cardinals, could judge cardinals and bishops accused of criminal offenses.
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