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canon law
Be merciful to canon lawyers: they are the Church’s civil servants
October 22, 2015
The Pope's recent comment about 'doctors of the law' is being flung in canonists' faces
It’s vital that canon lawyers do not repeat the mistakes past
October 13, 2015
The Church is governed by a universal series of laws - where this basic principal has been ignored, chaos and injustice have reigned
Canon lawyers must ignore liberal and conservative factions when putting annulment reforms into practice
October 12, 2015
Pope Francis has made it abundantly clear that the doctrine of the indissolubility of marriage is simply not up for discussion
We’re heading for ‘Catholic divorces’
September 17, 2015
A leading canon lawyer argues that the Pope’s radical annulment reforms could overturn an all-important principle of Church law
The Italian Church must stop carrying out mafia funerals
August 24, 2015
Canon Law makes it clear that funerals should be refused to 'manifest sinners to whom a Church funeral could not be granted without public scandal to the faithful'
I wish marriage annulment process could be free of charge, says Pope Francis
January 25, 2015
Pontiff addresses members of the Roman Rota at start of the Vatican's judicial year
Burkina Faso Church rules out prelate as head of transitional council
November 17, 2014
'Canon Law rules out the exercise of temporal power, and it's never right for a priest to hold it', says spokesman
Today’s Catholic must-reads: 12/11/14
November 12, 2014
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