Lawyer for Vatican’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ claims firing is ‘null’ and ‘illegitimate’
A lawyer representing the Vatican’s “Romeo and Juliet,” shorthand for a young couple fired from the Vatican bank because their marriage violates a new regulation barring such relationships among employees, has filed an appeal asserting that the dismissal is “null, illegitimate and gravely damaging to the fundamental rights of persons and workers,” and thus is “devoid of any effect.”