Posts Tagged ‘Institutes of pontifical rite’

Canon law change will make dismissing AWOL religious easier

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

A change in canon law will make it easier for a religious order to dismiss a member who leaves the community without permission, stays away and does not communicate with his or her superior. Pope Francis amended the Code of Canon Law in a document entitled “Communis Vita” (Community Life). The amendment now includes an Read more