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Bishop Paprocki discusses background, decision regarding Sen. Durbin

March 1, 2018 Jim Graves 26

“Senator Durbin was once pro-life,” says the Bishop of Springfield, Illinois. “He changed somewhere along the line.  I hope he comes back to his roots.  […]

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An important week for Eucharistic discipline–or lack thereof

February 23, 2018 Edward N. Peters 13

On Bishop Paprocki, the German bishops, and Holy Communion […]

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The Bloody 14 and the question of excommunication

January 31, 2018 Edward N. Peters 21

The repeated, though for now misguided, calls for excommunication in these cases, and the repeated, but worth-considering, calls for withholding holy Communion in these cases […]

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Sometimes one side is simply right and the other side is simply wrong

January 26, 2018 Edward N. Peters 13

The Archdiocese of Braga, in Portugal, has reported endorsed Communion for remarried after a period of discernment of about six months. If so, the Archdiocese is wrong—patently […]

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Canon 17 does not let us undercut Canon 915 and what it protects: A response to Stephen Walford

January 5, 2018 Edward N. Peters 11

It is difficult to discuss law, of all things, with people who not know what it actually says. […]

The Dispatch

Comments on Prof. Robert De Mattei’s response about AL, canon law, and heresy

December 20, 2017 Edward N. Peters 13

I am immensely glad that canon law is here, but the fact that we are lately having to rely on law almost exclusively to defend crucial Church teachings is a sign […]

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Pope Francis’ letter to the Argentine bishops is in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis. Now what?

December 4, 2017 Edward N. Peters 16

Canon 915 and the fundamental sacramental and moral values behind it might be forgotten, ignored, or ridiculed, but unless and until that law is revoked […]

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Disregarding the divinely-rooted Canon 915 portends serious consequences

October 9, 2017 Edward N. Peters 24

In short, personal conscience is being urged as a substitute for public conduct as a key criterion controlling certain questions of ecclesiastical governance. […]

The Dispatch

Sever ‘canon law’ from ‘pastoral practice’ and lots of things make sense

April 14, 2017 Edward N. Peters 2

I am tempted to address at length Austen Ivereigh’s commentary on Fr. Raymond de Souza’s observations on Cdl. Wuerl’s statement on Francis’ document Amoris laetitia, but at a certain point the law of diminishing returns sets in leaving such an exercise tedious. So let […]

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