Pope amends canon law on religious who abandon community
VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis has made it easier for a religious congregation to dismiss a member who leaves the community without permission, stays away and does not communicate with their superior.
In a document titled, Communis Vita (Community Life), the pope amended the Code of Canon Law to include an almost automatic dismissal of religious who are absent without authorisation from their community for at least 12 months.
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Father Robert J. Kaslyn SJ, is a Jesuit priest and canon lawyer who serves as Dean of the School of Canon Law at Catholic University of America—the only school of canon law in the United States. He earned his doctorate in canon law (JCD) from St. Paul University in Ottawa. He also holds STB and STL degrees in theology from Regis College at the University of Toronto.
