‘For the Family’ | Pope approves paid leave for Vatican staff with disabled children

The Vatican has expanded its employee rights and protections, including paid monthly leave for the parents of disabled children and paid paternity leave.

A document, known as a Rescript, detailing the “Provisions for the Family” was signed by Maximino Caballero Ledo, the Vatican’s Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, and approved by Pope Leo XIV.

It followed an audience between the Pope and Caballero in July, during which the Prefect presented proposals from the ULSA (The Labor Office of the Holy See Council), a group that represents the central governing body of the Catholic Church, the Vatican City, and its employees.

Pope blesses expansion of employee rights for Vatican staff

Several measures were expanded in the Rescript published on Monday, 11 August, including amendments to provisions such as the Vatican’s “Consolidated Text of Benefits in Favour of the Family and the “Rules for the Granting of the Family Allowance.”