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Lefebvrians challenge excommunications and make Canon Law their new battleground

One aspect of the current case has attracted particular attention among canonists and commentators. By relying extensively on the procedures established by the 1983 Code of Canon L...

Leo XIV Reforms the Code of Canon Law: Synods May Remove the Patriarch or Major Archbishop in Eastern Catholic Churches

The reform, contained in the apostolic letter issued on August 29 under the title Mutua Concordia, changes canons 106 and 126 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. It took...

Can You Be Excommunicated for a Social-Media Post? A Canon Lawyer Responds

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French Bishop: Catholic Lawmakers Who Back Euthanasia Bill Cannot Receive Communion

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SSPX files canonical appeal against Vatican’s excommunication decree

SSPX leaders submitted a canonical appeal to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on July 11, suspending the excommunication decree's force under canon law while the process...

Church doctrine, not courts, define confession says Arizona Supreme Court

In a unanimous decision, Arizona's Supreme Court upheld a broad definition of clergy-penitent privilege July 30. While the case involved the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sa...

Pope Leo XIV On Liturgy: Priests Must Remain Faithful to Mass Rubrics

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Court Excludes Spiritual Direction from the Legal Protection Afforded to the Sacrament of Confession

The court described a protected confession as a confidential acknowledgment of wrongdoing made to clergy for the purpose of seeking spiritual absolution, comfort or guidance. The r...

New abuse law won’t apply to Con­fes­sion

by Tony Whitfield, Sunday Express VICARS and priests who hear about child sex abuse dur­ing Con­fes­sion will not have a duty to report it under new laws com­ing into force next ye...

Pope Leo XIV: Attendance at Sunday Mass Cannot Be Replaced by Virtual Participation

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Christianity and the Law

RCT 81: Holy Orders 1.

-The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 339-345 -The Sacraments, ep. 33. -My Site: https://www.padreperegrino.org

German bishop says he will not enforce Vatican ban on lay homilies during Mass

Bishop Peter Kohlgraf said laypeople cannot deliver the homily at Mass under canon law, but he will not 'impose sanctions' when they do so in his Diocese of Mainz.

Pope Leo XIV Says Eastern Synods Can Remove Patriarchs for Serious Reasons

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The SSPX's Unappealing Canonical Prospects For Recourse

Ed. Condon, The Pillar The Society of St. Pius X announced Monday that an appeal has been filed against the July 2 decree which declared six bishops to be excommunicated. In an...

In Rupnik case, the cost of secrecy is visible

Why do criminal trials at Church law take so long, and why are they conducted in secret?

Priests can’t be forced to break seal of confession, Arizona Supreme Court affirms

The unanimous ruling deals specifically with a lawsuit against Mormon officials, but the legal principle also extends to the Catholic sacrament of confession.

Catholic Bishop Unveils New Rules After Suspending 7 Priests

Bishop Joya alleged that some of the suspended priests had been consuming alcohol, a conduct he said was inconsistent with the expectations of Catholic clergy.

Mexican bishop imposes restrictions on lay presiding at liturgical celebrations and on the use of vestments intended for...

Under the new provisions, laypeople who have not been instituted in the stable ministry of acolyte may not preside over celebrations of the Word, funeral rites, sacramentals or oth...