223. Special faculties granted to De Propaganda Fide (6 October 2025)
The dicastery has been granted several special faculties, as certain circumstances in mission territories necessitate a degree of flexibility from the Church’s universal norms.
222. The Fourth Principle: Dispensations
The fourth principle aligns with the spirituality of canon law because it empowers diocesan bishops and local ordinaries to dispense the faithful from universal and particular disciplinary laws when doing so contributes to the faithful’s spiritual well-being.
221. Spirituality of Canon Law and Precepts of the Church
Precepts fit into the spirituality of canon law because they are commands from the competent authority imposed on the faithful to help promote Christian life and deepen the faithful’s relationship with God
220. Spirituality of Canon Law and Extraordinary Ministers of Communion
The faculty is granted exclusively in favour of the spiritual good of the faithful and for cases of genuine need.
219. Spirituality of canon law and Ecclesia supplet
Ecclesia supplet is a manifestation of the spirituality of canon law because it is a preventive intervention the Church puts in place to protect the faithful from the ill effects of invalid acts and promote the common good.
218. Spirituality of canon law and abortion: Pope Francis
Pope Francis’ intervention demonstrates the spirituality of canon law because it removed the bottleneck hindering reconciliation for abortion penitents, thereby facilitating their access to absolution and improving their spiritual well-being and journey of holiness.
217. Sanatio in radice in marriage
Sanation helps lift this spiritual burden alongside the worry about the juridical effects of living without a valid matrimonial contract.
216. Spirituality of canon law and sanation
Sanation is a manifestation of the spirituality of canon law because it helps the faithful to avoid undue suffering resulting from invalid acts.
215. Spirituality of canon law and the danger of death
The danger of death principle manifests the spirituality of canon law because it facilitates the faithful’s salvation of souls and their journey to eternity.
214. The Third Principle: Temperance and Moderation
The virtues of temperance and moderation are essential to the spirituality of canon law because they help superiors develop self-control and self-restraint, which keep their vindictive desires within limits, thereby avoiding extremes that undermine their own holiness and that of the subordinates.