Pope amends canon law on religious who abandon their community

Pope Francis has made it easier for a religious order to dismiss a member who leaves the community without permission, stays away and does ...

Pope Francis changes canon law for religious who desert the ...

Pope Francis amended canon law Tuesday to create a new mechanism for dismissing a religious man or woman who has deserted their community.

Canon 694 of the Code of Canon Law currently states that “a member must be held as ipso facto dismissed from an institute” if they have “defected notoriously ...

Pope changes canon law: religious who abandon community life for ...

“According to the revised canons, religious who have been 'illegitimately absent' from their religious house for a full 12 months are dismissed ...

Pope Francis updates canon law on dismissal from religious institutes

Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter on Tuesday bringing Church law up to date on the rules for dismissal from religious institutes, in light ...

Pope Francis: New rules for religious life - Vatican News

Pope Francis changes the Code of Canon Law, to provide for the ... religious have left their communities without that permission, and ...

Pope changes canon law for religious who desert community

Pope Francis has amended Canon Law to create a new mechanism for dismissing a religious who has deserted their community. ... Leave a Comment ...

Pope says absentee religious can be dismissed after 12 months

Dismissing absentee religious just got easier after the Pope Francis issued a regulatory change this week that amended the Code of Canon Law. In a document ...

Pope amends canons to give greater authority to bishops, conferences

VATICAN CITY — Saying he wanted to promote a "healthy decentralization" of some aspects of church life, Pope Francis made several changes to church law, ...

Religious superiors can now dismiss members for desertion

Pope Francis amended canon law Tuesday to create a new mechanism for dismissing a religious man or woman who has deserted their community.

The (canon) laws, they are a-changin': A complete guide ... - The Pillar

Pope Francis on Tuesday made a series of changes to the Church's universal canon law, which he said were aimed at fostering a healthy decentralization in the ...

Pope toughens rules on new religious orders - The Tablet

Francis has amended Canon Law meaning that local bishops will now need written permission from the Holy See before approving the setting up of ...

Through what procedure is canon law amended?

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Loss of clerical state - Wikipedia

Canon law was amended in March 2019 to allow dismissal from their community, though not dismissal from the clerical state, for religious who are members of, and ...

Fighting Abuse: What Pope Francis Has Done During his Pontificate

— The pope made public in March 2019 his document, “Communis Vita” (Community Life), which amends canon law to include an almost automatic dismissal of ...

VATICAN: Pope Francis Extends Appeal Period for those Dismissed ...

Pope Francis has revised the canon law on the appeal period for members of Consecrated life dismissed from the Institutions and added more time to file a ...

Vatican approval necessary for diocesan religious orders, pope says

The document changes canon 579 of the Code of Canon Law to read: "Diocesan bishops, each in his own territory, can erect institutes of ...

Pope Francis allows lay members to govern clerical religious orders

Pope Francis changed canon law Wednesday to allow for lay members to lead clerical religious orders. The change allows for non-ordained ...

Code of Canon Law - Book VI - Penal Sanctions in the Church ...

An apostate from the faith, a heretic or a schismatic incurs a latae sententiae excommunication, without prejudice to the provision of can. 194 § 1 n. 2.

Limiting Diocesan Bishops' Authority: Recent Decrees From Pope ...

The original canon 579, promulgated in 1983 by then-Pope John Paul II, required only that a diocesan bishop consult with Rome before erecting a ...