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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
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 Catholic Ever Get Married in a Non-Catholic Church?
Q: At a social event, I met a woman who is Catholic, but newly married to a Methodist. We started talking about wedding-planning, and she mentioned that her own wedding took place just a couple of months ago in a … Continue reading
Posted in Canonical Issues Involving Non-Catholics, Marriage
Tagged canon law, canonical form, Catholic, marriage, non-catholic, wedding
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Marriage between a Catholic and a Non-Catholic
Q: My husband and I have been married almost 21 years now. He was raised as a Mormon, though he is a non-believer in any faith. We were married in the Church during a time when they had not fully … Continue reading
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Marriage and Annulment
Q: One of my best friends was raised Catholic like me, but she stopped going to church when her parents got their marriage annulled. She says that it’s ridiculous for the Catholic Church to say her parents weren’t married, since … Continue reading