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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!
Tag Archives: canon law
Does a Catholic Wedding Have to be Held in a Catholic Church?
Q: My daughter is getting married in June, to another Catholic. Our assistant pastor already agreed to perform the wedding, which will take place in our parish church. But now my daughter is thinking she’d rather have the wedding in … Continue reading
Posted in Canonical Issues Involving Non-Catholics, Marriage
Tagged canon law, canonical form, Catholic, church, marriage, non-catholic
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Canon Law and Donations to the Church
Q: My elderly mother is thinking about making a big donation to the parish school, or maybe leaving it in her will. All of her children went there and some of her grandchildren. Lately they’ve been complaining that the school … Continue reading
Posted in Other Canonical Questions, Parish Life
Tagged canon law, Catholic, donation
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Canon Law and “Catholic” Organizations
Q1: How come the pro-abortion group “Catholics for Choice” gets away with calling itself a Catholic organization? Why doesn’t the Church stop it from using this name? —Dale Q2: There’s a school in our diocese that is run by Catholic … Continue reading
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Tagged canon law, Catholic, Catholics for Choice
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Bishops, Archbishops, and Cardinals
Q: What’s the difference between a bishop and an archbishop? And why are some archbishops addressed as “Cardinal” but others aren’t? –Jackie A: On the surface, it certainly can seem that members of the Catholic hierarchy fill identical roles but … Continue reading
Posted in Clergy Issues
Tagged archbishop, bishop, canon law, cardinal, Catholic
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Can Catholic Children Receive the Last Rites?
Q: Some years ago, a good friend’s two-year-old daughter died of a congenital problem. Only recently she told me that when the priest came to see them all in the hospital when the girl was dying, they asked him to … Continue reading
Posted in Annointing of the Sick
Tagged canon law, Catholic, extreme unction, last rites
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