Tag: canon law
Pontifical canon lawyers working on draft of new norms for handling...
VATICAN CITY -- During a lengthy radio interview aired Sept. 1, Pope Francis denied reporters' rumors of a presumed retirement, saying the idea of...
Canon Law Book VI revisions should help Church in efforts at...
VATICAN CITY -- The new series of laws and provisions set out in the revised section on crimes and penalties in the Code of...
Canon law on clergy sexual abuse crimes, punishments promulgated by Pope...
VATICAN CITY — A series of laws and procedures promulgated by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and, especially, by Pope Francis to protect children, promote...
Legal lessons: Past sexual abuse cases help train canon lawyers, according...
VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Francis abolished the "pontifical secret" covering the church's judicial handling of cases of the sexual abuse of minors, it...
Bishop Paprocki bars Illinois Catholic lawmakers who back abortion from Communion
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Springfield Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki issued a decree June 6 stating that Catholic lawmakers in the Illinois Legislature "who promoted or...
Pope Francis disappointed Italian bishops slow on implementing marriage annulment reforms
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told the bishops of Italy that he was disappointed that so many of their dioceses had yet to implement...
Canon law professor says church did not foresee crimes by...
WASHINGTON -- The 1983 Code of Canon Law did not anticipate crimes being committed by bishops that could result in their laicization, according to...
Vatican issues instruction on improving canon law studies
VATICAN CITY — The changes in canon law Pope Francis made to ensure that marriage annulment cases were handled more quickly, more pastorally and...