canon law
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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
To explain his stepping down, a Vatican statement at the time referred to a canon law that allowed bishops under 75 to retire for health reasons or other “grave” reasons, but did not elaborate.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
"The next step will be to prove it in a civil court instead of a canon law trial," lawyer Justin Wee told the Globe and Mail newspaper.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2022
Parishioners at this Seattle church and two others have enlisted canon law experts to appeal the closures.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 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
