canon law
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At the center of the research are previously overlooked excerpts from a lost papal letter preserved in a medieval collection of canon law in the Vatican.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
After completing studies in theology in Chicago and in canon law in Rome, the Catholic Church sent him to Peru for the first time.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
Gay rights groups cheered the news, but Dawn Eden Goldstein, a Catholic theologian who holds a licensure in canon law, advised that church members should read the Vatican’s pronouncement carefully.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
Francis remained in charge of the Vatican and the 1.3-billion strong Catholic Church, even while unconscious and in the hospital, according to canon law.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
The Catholic Church has survived for centuries, not by passing on a ‘celibacy gene’ from one pope to the next, but by passing on the stories of the New Testament and of Catholic canon law.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
