Category Archives: CANON LAW

IT IS ABOUT TIME ! NO, IT IS PAST TIME ! THE PENAL CODE OF THE CODE OF CANON LAW IS BEING REVISED

!!!! Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta I have lamented on this Blog more times than I care to remember concerning the sad, no, the scandalous situation in the Church since the Second Vatican Council regarding the lack of respect for the … Continue reading

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YOU READ THE WRITINGS OF CARDINAL BERGOLIO AT YOUR OWN PERIL IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR POPE FRANCIS

!!!!   Pope Alexander III A caution re reading Bergoglio as a proto-Francis by Dr. Edward Peters http://canonlawblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/a-caution-re-reading-bergoglio-as-a-proto-francis/ Searching the pre-papal writings of Pope Francis for clues to his pontificate is understandable. For the past 35 years we’ve lived under two … Continue reading

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POPE FRANCIS SAYS THE HOLY COMMUNION SHOULD BE WITHELD FROM PRO-ABORTS

!!!!! Pope tells Argentine Bishops to use doc restricting communion for pro-aborts by John-Henry Westen Fri May 03, 2013 15:16 EST VATICAN CITY, May 3, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a letter to the Bishops of Argentina sent in late March, … Continue reading

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SOME WHO PRETEND TO READ TEA LEAVES SHOULD CHANGE THEIR BRAND OF TEA

!!!!   Tea leaves are for brewing tea, not for theological illumination by Dr. Edward Peters Folks are free to predict, and even argue for, the end of celibacy and the ordination of women as deacons if they want, but those … Continue reading

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IN THE MATTER OF HOLY COMMUNION AND CANON 915, THE FACTS DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION

!!!! A couple notes on today’s DFP article on holy Communion and gay activists, esp in re Fr. Reese by Dr. Edward Peters There are a couple of technical slips in Niraj Warikoo’s article in the Detroit Free Press on the … Continue reading

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IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER?

!!!! IT IS HARD TO FIND ANSWERS WHEN THE QUESTIONS ARE IGNORED   by Dr. Edward Peters   The German edition of the Radio Vatican blog, authored it seems by Fr. Bernd Hagenkord, SJ, has opined at length on Pope … Continue reading

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PRIESTS, CELIBACY, CHASTITY, PREGNANCY, MARRIAGE, LAICIZATION, SUSPENSION, FATHERHOOD, CANON LAW, NATURAL LAW

!!!! Some thoughts on Cdl. Bergoglio’s comments on clerical celibacy and chastity by Dr. Edward Peters Dcn. Greg Kandra links to an interview that then-Cdl. Bergoglio gave last year on celibacy. Assuming the general accuracy of the translation, some interesting points … Continue reading

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ARCHBISHOP SALVATORE CORDILEONE PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS OPINION OF EMINENT CANONIST EDWARD PETERS RE NANCY PELOSI

!!!! Nancy Pelosi Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone Nancy Pelosi will not change on her own by Dr. Edward Peters Communion time in St. Peter’s is, for the vast majority of lay persons (not heads of state, and not folks chosen to receive … Continue reading

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PUBLIC EXPRESSION OF VIEWS IN OPPOSITION TO THE MAGISTERIAL TEACHING OF THE CHURCH IS BOTH A SIN AND A CANONICAL DELICT

!!!! Was the Pro-Gay Marriage 17-Year-Old Denied Confirmation For “Not Being 100% Catholic”? by Thomas Peters http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=38708 RSS Liberal Catholics are tut-tutting that a priest in Barnesville, Minnesota denied confirmation to a 17-year-old because, supposedly, the young man “supports gay … Continue reading

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CATHOLICS ARE REQUIRED IN ALL THINGS TO MAINTAIN COMMUNION WITH THE CHURCH

!!!! A canonical gloss on Abp. John Myers’ letter on marriage BY EDWARD PETERS, JD, JCD http://canonlawblog.wordpress.com/ Abp. John Myers of Newark NJ is a pastor and his recent document on marriage is a pastoral exercise. But Myers is also a … Continue reading

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