Canon Lawyer Denies Involvement in Papal Election Reform, Calling Reports ‘a Pure Lie’
Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda has denied reports that he is involved in changing the papal election process to make it more synodal.
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Pending Sale of Chicago Church to ‘Temple House’ Developer Raises Concerns Among Local Catholics and Canonists
An entrepreneur who previously turned a Miami synagogue into a venue that hosts ‘same-sex weddings’ and other scandalous events is trying to buy the shuttered St. Adalbert Church.
Fort Worth Nun Forced to Use Bishop-Appointed Canon Lawyer Amid Dispute With Diocese
A Carmelite nun is appealing to the Vatican after the bishop refused to let her choose her own canon lawyer for representation in a diocesan investigation, according to a civil lawyer representing the nun.
Here’s Why a Popular Canon Law Website Will Have to Remove Much of Its Content
Hedman was served with a cease-and-desist order from the Canon Law Society of America (CLSA), which is the copyright holder of the translation.
Working Document for Synod’s Continental Stage Calls for Reform of Church Structures
NEWS ANALYSIS: Canonists offered a mixed reception to the text released Oct. 27, with some dismissing its call for major reforms as a nonstarter.
Pope Francis Updates Canon Law on Dismissal from Religious Institutes
The Pope explained that the modification makes the line consistent with the major revisions made last year to Book VI of the code’s penal law, which classified some crimes differently and introduced new crimes.
Did You Know You Can Eat a Cheeseburger on the Solemnity of the Annunciation?
No-meat rule is suspended when a solemnity of the Catholic Church falls on a Lenten Friday.
Will the Latest Canon-Law Changes Further Delay the Vatican’s New Constitution?
Geraldina Boni, a consultant of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts since 2011, weighs in.
Pope Francis Seeks ‘Healthy Decentralization’ with New Changes to Canon Law
Pope Francis explained that with the changes he wanted to encourage 'a more rapid effectiveness of the pastoral action of government on the part of the local authority.'
Traditional Latin Mass: Canonists Question the Legislative Force of Recent Vatican Guidelines
ANALYSIS: The interpretive document considerably tightens already-sweeping restrictions on the traditional form of the Roman Rite.
