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Dec 20, 20232 min read
Declaration - Fiducia Supplicans - On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings
Víctor Manuel Card. FERNÁNDEZ This Declaration considers several questions that have come to this Dicastery in recent years. In preparing...
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Nov 22, 20224 min read
TRIBUNAL WORKING CUM LEARNING VISIT
The PMET-Penang Office team visited 4 Tribunals in the Philippines for a working cum learning visit. The experience is reported here.
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Aug 17, 20221 min read
TO GRANT OR NOT TO GRANT COMMUNION AT DISPARITY OF CULT MARRIAGES
Does the Celebration of Disparity of Cult Marriages qualify as a just cause for distributing Holy Communion outside Mass? Click for more.
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Aug 17, 20221 min read
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CATHOLIC PRIEST FATHERS A CHILD?
Canonical opinion on scenarios of a Catholic Priest fathering a child and how the clergy and Church may handle prudently.
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Aug 12, 20221 min read
THE PARISH PRIEST IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PARISH PROPERTIES
This is a journal by Rev. Fr. Dominic Santhiyagu, J.C.L., on the parish priest in the administration of the parish properties.
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Jun 14, 20223 min read
What happens when a Catholic priest fathers a child? A Vatican cardinal answers
Guidelines were to make it easier for those men to leave the priesthood to care for their children and be real dads - Cardinal Stella
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Apr 4, 20221 min read
6S TRAINING
The 6S approach is the most widely used strategy for increasing the efficiency and safety of any office or organization. It is a strategy...
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Feb 17, 20223 min read
COLLEGE OF CONSULTORS
The members of the College of Consultors are purely and freely chosen by the bishop. Click to read this article to know their functions.
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Jan 12, 20221 min read
The Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
Featured here is the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts with an interview with its President, Archbishop Filippo Iannone.
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Oct 26, 20211 min read
The Ministry of the Permanent Deacon as a Sacred Office Sui Generis
On 26 October 2021, Rev. Fr. Joseph Liew, J.C.L. had shared on the Ministry of Permanent Deacon especially on the evolution of their...
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Jul 22, 20211 min read
CATHOLICISM IN THE EAST & THE DIOCESE OF MALACCA
This historical sketch is only to give readers an account as brief and plain as possible of the coming and spreading of the Catholic...
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Jun 16, 20211 min read
Priests Gather to Pray the Rosary Live on Special Day
NBVM-SCIC parish hosted around 50 priests from all over the country to a virtual Rosary on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Jun 2, 20214 min read
STRONGER PENAL LAW AFTER CHURCH ABUSE SCANDAL
A Press Conference in the Holy See Press Office highlights the changes made to Book VI of the Code of Canon Law. Changes made to Book VI...
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Jun 2, 20213 min read
POPE REFORMS PENAL SANCTIONS IN THE CHURCH: Mercy requires correction
With the Apostolic Constitution “Pascite Gregem Dei,” Pope Francis reforms Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, continuing a revision begun...
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Jun 2, 20212 min read
BISHOP ARRIETA: How Book VI of Canon Law has changed
The Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts presents the Apostolic Constitution "Pascite gregem Dei". He explains that...
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Jun 1, 20211 min read
BISHOP AND PASTOR TO BE A FATHER DURING THIS PANDEMIC
The Canon Law Society of Malaysia - Singapore - Brunei held their virtual gathering on 25 & 26 May 2021. Rev. Fr. Dr. I Made Markus Suma,...
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Jun 1, 20211 min read
POPE FRANCIS RE-NAMES CARDINAL BURKE TO VATICAN'S HIGHEST COURT
Saturday the Vatican announced Pope Francis’ appointment of Cardinal Raymond Burke as a member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic...
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May 28, 20211 min read
POPE APPOINTS LEADERSHIP AT CONGREGATION FOR DIVINE WORSHIP
Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Arthur Roche as the new Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, and Archbishop Vittorio...
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May 7, 20211 min read
GENERAL PRINCIPLES ABOUT IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE
What are the impediments / obstacles to a marriage? Canon 1073 A diriment impediment renders a person incapable of validly contracting a...
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