Tag Archives: Code of Canon Law

Is Freemasonry an Obstacle for Some Anglicans?

In the past several months, we have considered quite a few "sticking points" on the path of Anglicans coming into the full communion of the Catholic Church.  The doctrinal concerns are well-known: papal infallibility and universal jurisdiction, the recent Marian … Continue reading

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What is this "Personal Ordinariate"?

On the heels of his excellent essay "United in Communion, but not Absorbed: Understanding the Pope's Welcome," Bishop Elliott has hit another home run with the following address delivered earlier today in Melbourne.  My emphases in bold and comments in … Continue reading

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Lay Involvement in the Government of the Personal Ordinariates

Over at Ancient Richborough, Bishop Edwin Barnes notes that the Catholic Church is not a democracy. In view of the aberrations which have sprung from the General Synod of the Church of England, and comparable bodies in other Anglican churches, … Continue reading

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New Papal motu proprio

I have no idea whether this has anything to do with the TAC and the Apostolic Constitution, but it looks suspiciously so. MOTU PROPRIO: VARIATIONS TO THE CODE OF CANON LAW VATICAN CITY, 15 DEC 2009 (VIS) – Made public … Continue reading

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