- Women’s Ordination and the Case of Roy Bourgeois
- Is Nepotism Still an Issue in the Church?
- Canon Law and False Abuse Allegations, Part II
- Canon Law and False Abuse Allegations, Part I
- Will Australian Priests Be Forced to Violate the Seal of Confession?
- What is the Pauline Privilege?
- Canon Law and Two Popes
- Why is Cardinal Mahony Voting in the Conclave?
- When Will the Conclave Start? Pope Benedict’s Final Legislative Act
- Canon Law and the Upcoming Conclave
- Can a Baby be Baptized Against the Parents’ Wishes?
- A Brief Note about Papal Resignation
- Can a Pope be Removed from Office?
- If a Catholic Marries a Non-Christian, How is it a Sacrament?
- Can a Pope Ever Resign?
- Canon Law and Consecrating the Eucharist
- Father Pavone’s “Suspension”: Priests for Life, Part II
- Clerical Incardination: Priests for Life, Part I
- Was Theologian Hans Küng Ever Excommunicated?
- Canon Law and the Pope’s Butler
- Who Can Conduct an Exorcism?
- Can Priests Hold Public Office?
- Can the Bishop Shut Down a Shrine?
- Bishops, Coadjutors, and Auxiliaries
- Divorced Catholics and the Eucharist
- Can All Priests Always Hear Confessions?
- Do Catholic Children Have to be Given Saints’ Names?
- Canon Law and the SSPX
- Index of Forbidden Books
- When Does the Pope Speak Infallibly?
- The Validity of Anglican Holy Orders
- The Eucharist and Sacramental Validity, Part II
- Episcopalians Entering the Catholic Church
- The Eucharist and Sacramental Validity, Part I
- Have Pro-Abortion Politicians Excommunicated Themselves?
- Celibacy and the Priesthood
- Can Cousins Marry in the Church?
- Does Mass Have to be Said in a Church?
- Are They Excommunicated? Sanctions, Part IV
- Sacraments and Personal Identity
- How Are Priests Selected to be Bishops?
- What Does it Mean to “Defrock” a Priest?
- Canon Law and Altar Girls
- Can Children Make their First Communion Before their First Confession?
- Can a Priest Administer the Sacrament of Confirmation?
- Do Converts Have to be Rebaptized?
- Will the Woman Who Attacked the Pope be Punished?
- Can a Bishop Forbid a Priest to Say Mass?
- Does a Catholic Wedding Have to be Held in a Catholic Church?
- Canon Law and Donations to the Church
- Canon Law and “Catholic” Organizations
- Bishops, Archbishops, and Cardinals
- Can Catholic Children Receive the Last Rites?
- Can a Priest Ever Return to the Lay State?
- Confession by Appointment and Face-to-Face
- What if the Other Spouse Doesn’t Want the Annulment?
- How Soon Should a Baby be Baptized?
- Clergy and Summer Vacation
- Notre Dame, Obama, and the Bishop’s Authority
- Is Confession Still an Easter Duty?
- What’s the Difference Between Sisters and Nuns?
- Are Catholics Supposed to Abstain from Meat Every Friday?
- Can Non-Catholics Receive the Catholic Sacrament of Matrimony?
- Why Do Marriage Annulments Take So Long?
- Do Catholic Parents Have to Raise their Children as Catholics?
- Do Priests Have to Say Mass Every Day?
- Can We Receive Holy Communion Twice on Christmas Day?
- Can a Priest Ever Reveal What is Said in Confession?
- The Priesthood and the Vow of Poverty
- Questions about Eucharistic Ministers
- Can Pro-Abortion Politicians Receive Holy Communion?
- Can Catholics Become Freemasons?
- Inclusive Language and Baptismal Validity
- Can Homosexual Men be Ordained to the Priesthood?
- Homeschooling and Catechetics
- Parish Closings
- Who May Preach?
- Parish Registration and Confirmation Sponsors
- Holydays of Obligation
- Are They Excommunicated? Sanctions, Part III
- Parish Registration
- Could the Pope Change the Law to Allow Women Priests?
- Is She Excommunicated? Sanctions, Part II
- Mass Intentions and Stipends
- Are there Any Limitations on the Power of the Pope?
- Am I Excommunicated? Sanctions, Part I
- Can You be Refused Holy Communion if You Kneel?
- Can Non-Catholics Serve as Baptismal Sponsors?
- Confession and General Absolution
- Can Women be Ordained Priests?
- Can a Public Sinner Have a Catholic Funeral?
- Are they Really Catholic? Part II
- Do Lapsed Catholics Marry Validly Outside the Church?
- Are They Really Catholic? Part I
- Are Women Required to Cover Their Heads in Church?
- Can a Catholic Ever Get Married in a Non-Catholic Church?
- Marriage between a Catholic and a Non-Catholic
- Marriage and Annulment
- Can a Non-Catholic Receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church?
- Can the Pastor Refuse to Baptize Our Child?
- When Can a Priest Refuse to Absolve a Penitent in the Confessional?
- Can a Non-Catholic be Given a Catholic Funeral?
About the author
Cathy Caridi, J.C.L., is an American canon lawyer who practices law and teaches in Rome. She founded this website to provide clear answers to canonical questions asked by ordinary Catholics, without employing all the mysterious legalese that canon lawyers know and love.
In the past Cathy has published articles both in scholarly journals and on various popular Catholic websites, including Real Presence Communications and Catholic Exchange.
Habemus Papam! From the moment he accepted his election, Pope Francis had supreme, full, immediate and universal ordinary power in the Church (cc. 331, 332.1).
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