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Tag Archives: canon law
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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What Does it Mean to Have Your Marriage Blessed? (Part III)
Q: Please help me with a matter weighing on my conscience. My husband and I married in our parish church 16 years ago, but I agreed to get married there only because that’s what my parents wanted. Unlike my husband, … Continue reading
What Does it Mean to Have Your Marriage Blessed? (Part II)
Q: My family is doing genealogical research, and we’ve discovered discrepancies in the birth-dates of a couple of our great-grandparents…. They married very young, and depending on which birth-dates are correct, we’re thinking it’s possible they may really have been … Continue reading
What Does it Mean to Have Your Marriage Blessed? (Part I)
Q: My daughter stopped practicing her faith and was married to a protestant in his church. Now she has come back, and her protestant husband is preparing to become a Catholic too, next Easter. They understand that their marriage isn’t … Continue reading
Who is Responsible for Children’s Religious Education?
Q: A group of us parents have complained to the pastor about the parish’s Director of Religious Education (DRE) without results. The DRE is a laywoman with complete control over the textbooks and curriculum used in catechism classes, and she … Continue reading
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Tagged canon law, Catholic, DRE, parish, religious education
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