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lavazza
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Do we have courts to settle interpretation problems with the canon?
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Brendan
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Yes, each Diocese has tribunals, and if an appeal is necesary, the Roman Rota is the closest to a “Supreme Court”Do we have courts to settle interpretation problems with the canon?
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puzzleannie
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yes the diocese has a canon law tribunal (most people only come in contact with them about a marriage issue, but they deal with all canon law issues). There is also an appeals system for decisions, first to another diocese, all the way to Rome if necessary.Do we have courts to settle interpretation problems with the canon?
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cameron_lansing
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Tribunals, since they issue judicial sentences, can only interpret the law in regard to a particular case, and it has no binding force beyond the particular case.
The authentic interpretation of a canon is governed by canon 16. According to the apostolic constitution Pastor Bonus, this authority is given to the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts. You can read (if you read Latin) the more recent interpretations of the PCILT by looking it up under the various institutions of the Roman Curia at the Vatican website.
The authentic interpretation of a canon is governed by canon 16. According to the apostolic constitution Pastor Bonus, this authority is given to the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts. You can read (if you read Latin) the more recent interpretations of the PCILT by looking it up under the various institutions of the Roman Curia at the Vatican website.
Note this is different than the US system in which the judiciary interprets the law. In canon law, it is the law giver or legislator. The pope, diocesan bishop are the legislators. In certain situations, episcopal conferences, certain other councils (within and apart from religious institutes) or synods have legislative power as well.
Canon 16:§1. The legislator authentically interprets laws as does the one to whom the same legislator has entrusted the power of authentically interpreting. §2. An authentic interpretation put forth in the form of a law has the same force as the law itself and must be promulgated. If it only declares the words of the law which are certain in themselves, it is retroactive; if it restricts or extends the law, or if it explains a doubtful law, it is not retroactive. §3. An interpretation in the form of a judicial sentence or of an administrative act in a particular matter, however, does not have the force of law, and binds only the persons for whom and affects the matters for which it was given.
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phaley
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Can a catholic bishop incardinate a priest from the SSPX or are there special measures that must be taken for the suspensions imposed on the Society by Pope John Paul II? Were the priests, in fact, suspended or only the bishops consecrated by Lefebvre?
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