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Vatican expands paternity leave, other family benefits
August 12, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Maximino Caballero Ledo, the lay prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, announced that Pope Leo XIV has approved additional days of paternity leave for curial employees, as well as three days of monthly paid leave for parents of children with severe disabilities.
The changes were proposed by the Labor Office of the Apostolic See (ULSA), and published in an Italian-language rescript.
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