Pope Francis issues motu proprio harmonizing Canon Law codes

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Pope Francis issues motu proprio harmonizing Canon Law codes

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter motu proprio on Thursday, in which he brings the basic legal instruments that govern the Latin Church and the Eastern Churches in communion with Rome more closely into accord with one another in several different specific areas regarding the discipline of the sacraments, and ecclesial identity of the faithful.

The Holy Father has introduced material changes only to the Code of Canon Law that governs the Latin Church, in order to bring the Latin code into harmony with the Eastern code, especially as regards the valid celebration of marriages with spouses of mixed Rite, the circumstances under which a spouse may change Rite, how to determine the Rite to which a child belongs properly, and other questions in a similar vein.

A note issued by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts explains that the reason for the reforms is that of responding to the desire to facilitate the pastoral care of all the faithful, especially of those very great and increasing numbers of Eastern Christians living in predominantly Latin environments.

Below, please find the full text of the motu proprio in Latin

news.va/en/news/pope-francis-issues-motu-proprio-harmonizing-canon
 
Interesting read. I just went over the changes between the Latin text and most seems straight forward with regard to a priest being required when mixed marriages involve a member of an eastern church. Many others seems to be changes in how the *sui iuris *Churches are references. The change that caught my eye was in Article 5 with regard to 868§3. It looks like it removes the provision of baptism being lawful in the case of danger of death if it is against the parents wishes. I am far from a Latin or canonical scholar, so perhaps I completely misread that one.
 
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Interesting read. I just went over the changes between the Latin text and most seems straight forward with regard to a priest being required when mixed marriages involve a member of an eastern church. Many others seems to be changes in how the *sui iuris *Churches are references. The change that caught my eye was in Article 5 with regard to 868§3. It looks like it removes the provision of baptism being lawful in the case of danger of death if it is against the parents wishes. I am far from a Latin or canonical scholar, so perhaps I completely misread that one.
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I’d say, from the English translation, that it just means that there is less impediment to Baptism. Maybe this complements the teaching?
 
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