Category Archives: CANON LAW

ONCE GERMAN BULLDOGS LATCH ONTO A BONE, THEY NEVER LET GO. e.g. MARTIN LUTHER

!!!!   Communion for the Remarried Still a Heated Debate Fresh opposition to Kasper’s ideas from Cardinal Brandmüller. And also from the vicar general of Chur and seven theologians and canonists of four countries. But in the theological faculty of … Continue reading

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THE OCTOBER SYNOD OF BISHOPS REQUIRES A LOT OF PREPARATION BY THE BISHOP DELEGATES, ARE THEY DOING IT?

!!!! THREE TOPICS FOR THE 2014 SYNOD ON MARRIAGE By Dr. Edward Peters   Some lay experts at the 2012 Synod of Bishops The project to justify holy Communion for divorced-and-remarried Catholics seems to be losing steam. That’s good. As … Continue reading

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REGARDLESS OF THE TRUTH OF KASPER’S STATEMENT, PRIESTS AND DEACONS STILL HAVE THE GRAVE OBLIGATION OF MARRIAGE PREPARATION

!!!! Does Canon 1066 amount to a coin toss? by Dr. Edward Peters     THE CODE OF CANON LAW PASTORAL CARE AND THE PREREQUISITES FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE Can. 1063 Pastors of souls are obliged to ensure that their … Continue reading

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JAY CARNEY CAN WEAVE AND DODGE AWAY FROM THE TRUTH, BUT FATHER LOMBARDI CANNOT

!!!! Father Frederico Lombardi, S.J., Vatican Spokesman I understand Fr. Lombardi’s unwillingness to comment on statements allegedly made by the pope to private persons. I’m not sure his ‘No Comment’ policy can be observed in the long run, but I … Continue reading

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KASPER NEEDS TO KEEP KWIET

!!!!   Even if the pope said it, it was reckless to repeat it by Dr. Edward Peters   http://canonlawblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/even-if-the-pope-said-it-it-was-reckless-to-repeat-it/ Cardinal Kasper, in a lengthy interview  [with Commonweal Magazine]  that shows no let-up in his push to change Church discipline on … Continue reading

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THE ENIGMA VARIATIONS OF THE FRANCISCAN PONTIFICATE

!!!! Francis, the Pope of “Humanae Vitae” It is the encyclical he has taken as a model, in spite of its being the most contested of the past century. Bergoglio is raising great expectations for change in the domain of … Continue reading

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DO YOU WONDER WHY CANON 915 IS UNIVERSALLY NEGLECTED?

!!!! Cardinal Burke Cardinal Wuerl             Canon Fire: Burke vs. Wuerl April 2014 By Christopher Manion THE NEW OXFORD REVIEW (Christopher Manion is Director of the Campaign for Humanae Vitae™a project of the Bellarmine Forum. … Continue reading

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BRAVO BISHOP THOMAS J. PAPROCKI FOR UPHOLDING THE APPLICATION OF CANONS 915 & 916

!!!! Illinois bishop upholds priest’s decision to deny Communion to pro-abort Sen. Dick Durbin by Patrick B. Craine Thu Apr 03, 2014 14:10 EST SPRINGFIELD, IL, April 3, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, known for … Continue reading

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THE IGNORANCE OF OR NEGLECT OF CANON LAW CHARACTERIZES THE ADMINISTRATION OF TOO MANY DIOCESES

!!!! April 1, 2014 Why We Need More Canon Lawyers by Randall B. Smith CRISIS MAGAZINE We’ve all known administrators who were hired to do a certain job, but when they found they couldn’t do that job, they either tried … Continue reading

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SOME BISHOPS ARE EITHER IGNORANT OF CANON LAW OR THEY CULPABLY IGNORE IT

!!!! Bishop Thomas McMahon of the Diocese of Brentwood in England   http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_INDEX.HTM   One should read Canon 844 before appealing to it by Dr. Edward Peters . . Per a report in ‘Protect the Pope’, Bishop Thomas McMahon of Brentwood … Continue reading

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