Vatican nixes Caritas head

by Dennis Coday

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The Tablet of London is reporting that Vatican blocks re-election of Caritas Internationalis chief.

The global Catholic development agency Caritas Internationalis (CI) is reeling after the Vatican took the highly unusual step of officially blocking Lesley-Anne Knight from running for a second four-year term as CI secretary general.

The Tablet has learned that three weeks ago the Vatican’s Secretariat of State refused to grant Dr Knight the necessary nihil obstat required for all candidates for the key position.

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