Category Archives: Canon Law

On the Manifest Grave Sins of Fr. Manuel Pousa

Posted on 26 April 2011 by Ron Conte

A priest named Fr. Manuel Pousa, from the archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain, has been acquitted by his Bishop and by the CDF of charges that, in paying for two abortions, he incurred excommunication. However, it is manifest that this priest … Continue reading →

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More on the question of heresy, women’s ordination, and excommunication

Posted on 8 April 2011 by Ron Conte

Dr. Edward Peters has commented on the question as to whether or not Norma Jean Coon committed heresy by invalidly attempting to receive ordination to the deaconate. Was she automatically excommunicated under Canon 1364, for the sin of heresy? He … Continue reading →

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Reply to Edward Peters on the Excommunication of Norma Jean Coon

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Ron Conte

Norma Jean Coon, formerly associated with the organization called ‘Roman Catholic Women Priests’ (RCWP), has repented of her past claimed ordination to the deaconate, and has returned to full communion with the Catholic Church. The CDF and her local Bishop … Continue reading →

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A case of euthanasia

Posted on 14 March 2011 by Ron Conte

This discussion at the facebook page called ‘Ask a Catholic Priest‘ is very disturbing. The same case is also discussed at ‘Ask a Catholic‘. Both discussions show that many Catholics, including some priests, do not understand the basic teachings of … Continue reading →

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On the reception of Communion by governor Andrew Cuomo

Posted on 25 February 2011 by Ron Conte

Here is the original media e-mail interview of Dr. Edward Peters: And here is the blog post, with other post links: On January 2, 2011, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his live-in girlfriend, Food Network star Sandra Lee, attended … Continue reading →

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143 German Catholic theologians commit public formal heresy

Posted on 7 February 2011 by Ron Conte

The German daily sueddeutsche.de has published the Memorandum of 143 Catholic university professors and theologians, mostly from Germany, with some from Austria and Switzerland. [Google translation] The document begins with a brief discussion of the sexual abuse crisis in the … Continue reading →

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Did the Pope once support allowing married priests?

Posted on 1 February 2011 by Ron Conte

In 1970, nine German theologians, including Joseph Ratzinger, signed a ‘Memorandum for the Discussion of Celibacy’, which they sent to the German Bishops. The signatories were: Ludwig Berg, Mainz Alfons Deissler, Freiburg Richard Egenter, München Walter Kasper, Münster Karl Lehmann, … Continue reading →

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Married deacons: celibacy, continence, chastity

Posted on 21 January 2011 by Ron Conte

1. Dr. Peters’ interpretation of Canon 1031 §2 is that the consent of the wife required therein is a consent to permanent and perpetual continence (i.e. to abstain from marital relations). Pope John Paul II gives a different interpretation of … Continue reading →

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May married deacons have marital relations?

Posted on 18 January 2011 by Ron Conte

Over at the In the Light of the Law blog, Canon lawyer Dr. Edward Peters has several posts claiming that married permanent deacons and married priests (in so far as this is permitted in the Latin Rite) may not have … Continue reading →

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A list of persons who should not be receiving Holy Communion

Posted on 14 January 2011 by Ron Conte

Under the eternal moral law, anyone who is in a state of formal heresy (knowingly and obstinately rejecting a definitive teaching of the Magisterium on a matter of faith or morals) is automatically excommunicated. Heresy excommunicates by the very nature … Continue reading →

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When is it moral to break Canon Law?

Posted on 13 January 2011 by Ron Conte

The answer that the Pharisees of today give is ‘Never’. But that answer is contrary to the teaching of Jesus Christ. For our Lord gave us the example of David and his soldiers, who ate the bread of the Presence … Continue reading →

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Should every baptized Christian be given the name of a Saint?

Posted on 12 January 2011 by Ron Conte

The current Code of Canon Law (1983) states: “Can. 855 Parents, sponsors, and the pastor are to take care that a name foreign to Christian sensibility is not given.” (This topic is also discussed over at the Canon law blog … Continue reading →

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