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Category Archives: Clergy Issues
Annulments and the Authority of the Parish Priest
Q: In 1987, I was married in the Catholic Church. Both of us were Catholics. We civilly divorced after three years of marriage. In 1994, I explained the previous marriage situation to a priest who was helping me and my … Continue reading
Why Can’t a Deacon Celebrate This Marriage?
Q: My fiancé is a baptized, faithful Greek Orthodox and I am Roman Catholic. We are about two weeks away from our wedding and received an email that the priest at my church, the location of our wedding, will no … Continue reading
Posted in Canonical Issues Involving Non-Catholics, Clergy Issues, Marriage
Tagged canon law, Catholic, deacon, marriage, Orthodox
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Can a Deacon Ever Get Married?
Q: Can a deacon get married? –Nicole A: This is a simple-sounding question, with an answer that is more involved than one might think! As was seen in “What Can (and Can’t) a Deacon Do?” we have to bear in … Continue reading
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Tagged canon law, Catholic, deacon, marriage
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How Can a Priest Transfer to Another Diocese?
Q: I am a priest in good standing in the Diocese of X. After years of constant friction and acrimony when dealing with my bishop, I discerned after much prayer that it is better to change my incardination and move … Continue reading
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Tagged canon law, Catholic, excardination, incardination
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Catholic Priests Who Become Non-Catholic Ministers
Q: Recently, a Catholic priest in our area left to become “pastor” of an Episcopal church. If we assume for a moment that the Episcopal liturgy contains the valid words of Institution, and if we assume that valid matter was … Continue reading
Posted in Canonical Issues Involving Non-Catholics, Clergy Issues, Holy Mass
Tagged Anglican, canon law, Catholic, Episcopal, eucharist, priest
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