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Surprised By Canon Law

Surprised By Canon Law: 150 Questions Catholics Ask about Canon Law, softcover, 126 pp.

From time to time, all Catholics have them: nagging questions about church life, often prompted by some personal encounter or challenging situation:

  • Is a layperson allowed to preach a homily?
  • Is a pastor required to report to someone regarding parish finances, or is he on his own?
  • It seems like the parish council is running your parish. Does it have the authority to do so?
  • Must a child be baptized in a church, or may the baptism take place at home?

    Surprised by Canon Law tackles these and many other questions, all of which have been formally addressed by the Roman Catholic Church's Code of Canon Law. The Code?the internal legal system that governs the church's day-to-day workings?deals with far-flung concerns of interest to the person-in-the-pew. This practical guide to the Code provides answers to a range of questions, from "Can the pope resign?" to the more sensitive query "Do you have the right to tell your bishop what the diocese needs?"

    A 2nd Volume is also available:Surprised by Canon Law, Vol.2: More questions Catholics ask about Canon Law by Pete Vere and Michael Trueman, with Foreward by Tim Staples. priced at $12.99. Some of the chaper headings included in this 2nd volume are

  • Holy Orders
  • Institutes of Consecrated Life
  • Parish Life
  • Offices of the Roman Curia
  • The Canonization of Saints
  • The code of canons of the Eastern Churches, and others.

    Paperback: 142 pp.

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