Tag: canon law
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...