canon law
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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
Francis remains 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 Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2023
“As far as canon law is concerned, it’s impeccable,” Chirri said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2023
But six years later, the Vatican announced he was stepping down — two decades before the usual retirement age — citing a canon law that refers to health or other “grave” reasons.
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
