Posts Tagged ‘penal law’

Canon Law penalties to be strengthened

Friday, May 24th, 2013

The Code of Canon Law is in the process of revision, with the focus particularly on strengthening the section that deals with offences and penalties. The work is in the hands of Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, who says the current code was drafted in the 1970s, “a Read more