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Category Archives: Other Canonical Questions
How Can You Tell a Real Law from an Illegal Decree?
Q: In this period of such confusion in the Church, you sometimes point to the law as the final answer on the subject. Other times, though, you have criticized a law as being unjust and said that it must be … Continue reading
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Tagged canon law, Catholic, common good, decree, law, Thomas Aquinas
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Contributing Financially to the Support of the Parish: A Precept of the Church
Q1: Wondering if you would comment on this article? The author urged Catholics in America not to give a cent to our parishes so long as they are closed because of coronavirus. He also says more generally that we shouldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged canon law, Catholic, contribute, donation, financial support, precept, precepts of the Church
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Holydays of Obligation, Part II
Q1: It seems like this year [2019] the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is transferred to December 9, Monday. So, we have a kind of double obligation. (I know that in some countries bishops lift the obligation in such cases, … Continue reading
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What’s the Difference Between a Nun and a Consecrated Virgin?
Q1: What’s the difference between a nun and a consecrated virgin? I assumed the two terms were synonymous, until I read recently about a new Vatican document on the topic of consecrated virgins, and it sounds like they are something … Continue reading
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When Does a Catholic Book Need an Imprimatur?
Q: I have questions regarding books that are supposed to have Church approval on them. If a book deals with religion/morals and is being sold in a church, does it only need the Imprimatur, or does it need the Imprimatur … Continue reading
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