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Vatican group defining crime of spiritual abuse ‘making good progress’
A group working to define and classify the crime of spiritual abuse in Canon Law is making progress, with its leader confirmed despite being transferred to another department. Source: Crux.
Conference examines issues ‘both complex and pastoral’
Around 100 participants gathered in Adelaide this month for the 58th annual Conference of the Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Compelling case for more canon lawyers
Eight students from Australia, Samoa, New Zealand and Singapore attended a two-week intensive course in Sydney as they gradually work their way towards becoming qualified canon lawyers. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Church leaders to explore legal and pastoral issues facing Church
Canon law experts, theologians, clergy and lay professionals will gather in Adelaide in September to discuss key legal and pastoral issues facing the Church in Australia and beyond. Source: Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Students learn Church’s laws on annulment of marriage
Fourteen students from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Singapore and Guam who work in Catholic marriage tribunals will today complete the second stage of the Institute of Tribunal Practice.
Concern for salvation of souls guides annulment process: Pope
Concern for the salvation of souls is what guides the work of Church tribunals and the implementation of reforms regarding the marriage annulment process, Pope Francis said on Friday. Source: CNS.
Vatican considers making ‘spiritual abuse’ a crime in Church law
The Vatican may make “spiritual abuse” a formalised crime in Church law, rather than merely an aggravating circumstance of other crimes. Source: CNA.
Conference will have ‘lasting impact on practice and understanding’
The Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand held its 57th annual conference in Brisbane last week, with internationally recognised canonical experts providing attendees with practical skills and knowledge in this area of the Church’s essential ministry.
Australians lend a hand to Archdiocese of Suva
Since 2006, the Catholic Church in Australia has been assisting the Archdiocese of Suva and a number of other dioceses in the Pacific with canonical matters. Source: ACBC Media Blog.