Vatican Secretary of State
Pietro Parolin said on Wednesday that it's "difficult to say"
whether or not those convicted of corruption would be
excommunicated from the Catholic Church, following
recommendations to that effect advanced at the conclusion of the
"International Debate on Corruption" conference organised by the
Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
"Excommunication is always a personal question that must be
well-defined," Parolin said.
"Corruption certainly, as the pope says, is a sin that wounds
the community. We will need to think about what to do in these
cases, whether to come to this point," he said.
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