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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.- Now available in paperback!
Category Archives: Other Canonical Questions
Can a Public Sinner Have a Catholic Funeral?
Q: When opera star Luciano Pavarotti died in Italy in 2007, he had a big funeral in a Catholic church. Lots of famous people attended, and the bishop was there. Even the Pope issued a statement saying positive things about … Continue reading
Posted in Annointing of the Sick, Other Canonical Questions
Tagged canon law, Catholic, funeral, Pavarotti
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Are they Really Catholic? Part II
Q: Not far from my home is a church with a sign in front identifying it as a “Roman Catholic Church” with “traditional Roman rites.” But the bulletin from our Catholic parish never refers to any activities going on at … Continue reading
Posted in Other Canonical Questions, Parish Life
Tagged canon law, Catholic, schismatic
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Are They Really Catholic? Part I
Q1: Every day I drive past a church that’s called a “Greek Melkite Catholic Church.” What does this mean? Are these people really Catholics? Why aren’t they Roman Catholics? –Carol
Posted in Other Canonical Questions
Tagged canon law, Catholic, eastern rite, Melkite
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Are Women Required to Cover Their Heads in Church?
Q: In a Catholic magazine I frequently see advertisements for chapel veils. The ad always says, “canon 1262 is still in force.” I guess that this canon says that women must wear chapel veils. Is this true? Are all women … Continue reading
Posted in Other Canonical Questions, Rights of the Faithful
Tagged canon law, Catholic, chapel veils
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Can a Non-Catholic be Given a Catholic Funeral?
Q: I am a Catholic, and my husband of nearly 50 years is a member of the Assembly of God, a protestant church that’s popular down South, where he’s originally from. We were married in the Catholic Church and we … Continue reading
Posted in Canonical Issues Involving Non-Catholics, Other Canonical Questions
Tagged canon law, Catholic, funeral
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