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On September 15, the House of Bishops voted 95 to 61 to change or eliminate ambiguous places in canon law that seemed to prevent the ordination of women to the priesthood, and to clarify matters by creating a canon to affirm the ordination of women as priests and bishops. [42]
The Philadelphia Eleven is a 2023 American documentary about the first women ordained as priests in the Episcopal Church. [1] [2] [3] The long-form documentary was developed by Time Travel Productions to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the ordination of the eleven women who presented themselves for ordination at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 29, 1974.
A group of canonists established the Canon Law Society of America on November 12, 1939, in Washington, D.C., as a professional association, dedicated to the promotion of both the study and the application of canon law in the Catholic Church. The Society remains active in study and the promotion of canonical and pastoral approaches to ...
He then entered the New York University Stern School of Business in New York City, earning in 1984 a Master of Business Administration degree in management. [ 1 ] Having decided to become a priest, Barres moved to Washington D.C. to enter the Theological College at the Catholic University of American.
Free Press readers weigh in on the woes of the Catholic Church, the narrowly averted shutdown, the Israel-Hamas war and aid to Ukraine.
He received a Doctor of Canon Law degree from the Catholic University of America School of Canon Law in Washington, D.C., in 1942. [5] Following his return to Cleveland, Krol served as professor of canon law at St. Mary's Seminary from 1942 to 1943. [8] He served as vice-chancellor (1943–51) and chancellor (1951–54) of the Diocese of ...
Mary Kathleen Kuenstler was born Jan. 21, 1949, in St. Louis City, Missouri, and was adopted by Lawrence John Kuenstler (1911-1983) and Lorraine Helen Buerster Kuenstler (1915-2003). [1] Inspired by the Catholic sisters who taught her in elementary and high school, Kuenstler joined the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ , located in Donaldson ...
Canon 285 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, which governs the Latin Church, states that priests "are to avoid those things which, although not unbecoming, are nevertheless foreign to the clerical state" and prohibits clergy from assuming "public offices which entail a participation in the exercise of civil power."