"The raison d'etre of the church is evangelization. It's not a business, it's not an organization or an association for the defense of Jesus," Archbishop Pierre said.
Father Stanley Rother, a North American priest who worked in Guatemala and was brutally murdered there in 1981, will be beatified on Sept. 23 in Oklahoma.
Collins expressed shock that Mueller considered the tribunal a mere proposal. She questioned if the Vatican already had adequate means to judge negligent bishops.