Adding to the drama surrounding the body’s deliberations are newly aired criticisms by two of its former leaders of the Pope's November decree removing the or.
Lybicheva Nina, 72, along with her grandchildren receives food items during a distribution to about 3,000 people by the local branch of Caritas Internationalis, a Catholic charity organization, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 27, 2022. / Credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty ImagesRome Newsroom, May 10, 2023 / 16:20 pm (CNA).Pope Francis on Thursday will meet with delegates of the Vatican s main charitable organization six months after he dismissed its top leaders in what the group s ousted general secretary now calls a "brutal power grab."Members of the General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of more than 160 Catholic charities operating in 200 countries and territories, have come to Vatican City this week to elect a new president and general secretary.Adding to the drama surrounding the body s deliberations are newly aired criticisms by two of its former leaders of the pope s November decree removing the organization s administration. A press release issu