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Category Archives: 1983 CIC can. 915
ASK FATHER: We can eat meat on Easter Friday, but do we have to do some other penance?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Please excuse my ignorance. When a solemnity falls on a Friday, (e.g. in Octave of Easter) the abstinence from meat is lifted. However, if I decide to eat meat do I still have to substitute it … Read More
St. John Chrysostom: On giving the Eucharist to UNWORTHY PUBLIC FIGURES
St. John Chrysostom could be nicknamed the “Patron Saint Of Telling It Like It Is”. Chrysostom (+407), known as the “golden-mouthed” for the excellence of his preaching, was Bishop of Constantinople. Trained in Antioch, he expounded Scripture in its literal … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging
Tagged can. 915, St. John Chrysostom
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ASK FATHER: Must we do penance, abstain from meat, on Friday in the Octave of Christmas?
This is a question which comes up each year. It came up again today. Must we do penance on Friday within the Octave of Christmas? The short answer is YES. This year. According to Canon Law, Catholics are bound to … Read More
ASK FATHER: Does a communicant have the right to receive communion from a cleric?
Under another post there is a question in a comment: QUAERITUR: Does a communicant have the right to receive communion from a cleric? Yes, and no. The 1997 Instruction On Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained Faithful in … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged Communion
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Roman Rota rules against dioceses, orders publishing ‘credibly accused’ clergy lists
I don’t want to reproduce much here so, regretfully, I’ll send you over to The Pillar for more. The Roman Rota, the Church’s highest ordinary court, ruled in favor of an American priest who sued his religious order over being … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can a Pope incur a “latae sententiae” excommunication which is reserved to the Apostolic See? What would happen then?
In a comment under another post, a reader here began to opine about whether a Pope could get himself excommunicated. There are several questions involved in this and I – a mere dilettante in these matters – cannot be entirely … Read More
IMPORTANT article at First Things
There is an IMPORTANT article at First Things – HERE “Who’s Really Calling the Shots at U.S. Diocesan Chanceries?” The article by Michael Mazza – a reliable, knowledgeable, experienced canonist whom I’ve known for a couple of decades at least – … Read More
Another point of Catholic identity out with the bathwater?
Occasionally we have a collision of Holy Days of Obligations and Feasts in the calendar. Feasts get transferred. Does the obligation get transferred? We had this situation recently regarding the Feast/Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception which fell on an Advent … Read More
ASK FATHER: Must we do penance, abstain from meat, on Friday in the Octave of Christmas?
This is a question which comes up each year. It came up again today. Must we do penance on Friday within the Octave of Christmas? The short answer is YES. This year. According to Canon Law, Catholics are bound to … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged can. 1245, can. 1251, Friday penance
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Fishwrap and Pelosi. What a pair.
Fishwrap says that Pelosi appealed to Rome regarding Archbp. Cordileone’s application of can. 915 in her regard as a scandalous recalicitrant public supporter of abortion. Cordileone notified Pelosi in a public letter that stated: “You are not to present yourself … Read More
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