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SC stays “insensitive, inhuman” Allahabad HC judgment on attempt to rape

Hindustan Times 26 Mar 2025
A bench comprising justices Bhushan R Gavai and AG Masih came down heavily on the judgment authored by justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra of the high court, stating that it violated “canons of law” and demonstrated a “complete lack of sensitivity”.
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Question corner: Saints and their relationship with the Church

Catholic Standard 25 Mar 2025
... fire” persecution because they have been formally canonized ... Jenna Marie Cooper, who holds a licentiate in canon law, is a consecrated virgin and a canonist whose column appears weekly at OSV News.
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Catholic Church sex abuse survivors launch database vetting cardinals’ records

Wtop 25 Mar 2025
SNAP also released a letter to Francis urging him to adopt its zero-tolerance law, drafted with canon and civil lawyers as well as human rights experts that would remove known offender priests from ...
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Cornyn, Cruz ask US Supreme Court to hear activist's case against Texas ethics watchdog

Austin American-Statesman 24 Mar 2025
The senators are urging the high court's justices to consider the constitutionality of Texas’ laws requiring lobbyist registration and fees ... The canonical case on lobbying laws is United States v.
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A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting the narrative of how popes exercise authority

Chatanooga Times Free Press 23 Mar 2025
According to the church's canon law, the pope possesses “supreme, full, immediate, and universal ordinary power in the church." ... said Kurt Martens, a canon lawyer at Catholic University of America.
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A weak Pope Francis is rewriting the narrative of how popes exercise authority

The Los Angeles Times 22 Mar 2025
According to the church's canon law, the pope possesses “supreme, full, immediate, and universal ordinary power in the church.' He answers to no one but God, and there is no appeal of his decisions.
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Houston Jewish Film Festival: The abduction of a Jewish youth becomes a cause celebre

Jewish Herald Voice 21 Mar 2025
The time is 1858 ... According to Canon Law (Canon 868), “an infant of Catholic parents or even of non-Catholic parents is baptized licitly in danger of death even against the will of the parents.” A baptism cannot be annulled in the Catholic Church ... ....
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Justice Roberts rightfully stands up for judiciary | EDITORIAL

Baltimore Sun 20 Mar 2025
... their duty to say what the law is ... That’s how the rule of law works ... They interpret the law without fear or favor according to time-honored canons of construction that constrain judicial whimsy.
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Question corner: Vegans and Lenten fasting?

Catholic Standard 17 Mar 2025
Canon 1252 of the Code of Canon Law tells us that “the law of abstinence binds those who have completed their fourteenth year.” This means that children under the age of 14 are not strictly required to abstain from meat on Fridays.
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Frugal, funny and open to input: How Detroit's new archbishop led in Arizona, Kansas

Detroit news 15 Mar 2025
He said Weisenburger knows "the spirit of the law" ― or what it's trying to convey ― and how to apply it in real-life situations ... He also earned a canon law degree in 1992 ... He also earned the Licentiate in Canon Law degree from the University of St.
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Why are there so few food traditions around St Patrick's Day?

RTE 13 Mar 2025
Analysis. As St Patrick's Day always occurs during Lent, it meant tensions between the public holiday celebrations and the moderations of Lent ... It came with a set package of associated rituals ... In time, these amendments were incorporated into Canon Law.
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Jenna Marie Cooper: Communion requires belief in Real Presence

Hawaii Catholic Herald 12 Mar 2025
Looking more concretely at the church’s law, Canon 844, 1, plainly states that ... priests and deacons) may lawfully administer the sacraments only to Catholic members of Christ’s faithful.”.
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Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 in Parliament: Its provisions, criticism

Financial Express 12 Mar 2025
The Union government on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha The Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, which it said is aimed at strengthening India\u2019s borders and streamlining the law governing immigration and foreigners.
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Text of Cardinal Pierre’s remarks at Cardinal McElroy’s installation as archbishop of Washington

Catholic Standard 12 Mar 2025
... you Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington, granting to you all the due rights as well as imposing the relative obligations, in accordance with the norms and prescripts of the Code of Canon Law.
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Question corner: Annulments in cases of marital infidelity

Catholic Standard 11 Mar 2025
Grounds can range from the more dramatic, like kidnapping (see Canon 1089 of the Code of Canon Law) or marrying under threats of violence (Canon 1103); to the more common and mundane, like certain kinds of psychological issues (see Canon 1095).
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