2 Jun 2021

Pope Francis signs off on big change to Catholic law

From Morning Report, 6:13 am on 2 June 2021

Pope Francis has signed off on a major overhaul of Catholic church law that will criminalise the grooming of children for sex.

This is the first change to the Vatican's internal penal system since the 1980s.

Christopher Lamb is the Rome correspondent for the Catholic publication The Tablet.

He spoke to Philippa Tolley.