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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."
The bishops, who possess the fullness of orders, and therefore the fullness of both priesthood and diaconate, are as a body (the College of Bishops) considered the successors of the Apostles [19] [20] and are "constituted Pastors in the Church, to be the teachers of doctrine, the priests of sacred worship and the ministers of governance" [21 ...
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which turned Church lands into state property and the clergy into employees of the state, created a bitter division within the church between those "jurors" who took the required oath of allegiance to the state (the abbé Grégoire or Pierre Daunou) and the "non-jurors" who refused to do so. A majority of ...
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488 (November 16, 1993), codified at 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb through 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-4 (also known as RFRA), is a 1993 United States federal law that "ensures that interests in religious freedom are protected."
Regular clergy, or just regulars, are clerics in the Catholic Church who follow a rule (Latin: regula) of life, ... and live in a monastery. But the ...
Post-pandemic burnout is at worrying levels among Christian clergy in the U.S., prompting many to think about abandoning their jobs, according to a new nationwide survey. More than 4 in 10 of ...
He also instituted one of the first zero-tolerance policies towards child sexual abuse by clergy in the nation. [25] O'Donnell retired in 2002. In 2002, John Paul II appointed Charles Jarrell of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma–Thibodaux as bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana. Jarrell retired in 2016.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) confirmed his support Tuesday for Louisiana State University (LSU) restarting its live tiger mascot entrance during home football games. “I think the opportunity ...