The Washington Post, July 20th, 1995
The Vatican is trying to control morality and prohibit divorce among its lay workers through new job regulations. The rules affect only the 1,300 non-clerics -- the telephone operators and people working in the libraries, museums, post office and other services of this unusual city-state. It's not that the employees are regarded as a particularly libertine lot; they take jobs that pay less than comparable work in Italian society and more likely than not view themselves as adhering to Roman Catholic teachings. Rather, the "General Personnel Regulations" are a local manifestation of Pope John Pa...
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