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.
213. The Third Principle: Charity and Humaneness
Charity and humaneness are important to the spirituality of canon law because they ensure that the faithful are not unduly deprived of the means of salvation through the Church’s relationship with them.
212. Are ordinations done in the Anglican Church valid?
The Catholic Church has long considered ordinations according to the Edwardine Ordinal as null. Hence, since 1554, there has existed the practice of re-ordaining Anglican clergy ordained according to this Ordinal.
211. Safeguarding Justice in Canon Law: The Defender of the Bond
The role of the defender of the bond is indispensable to the spirituality of canon law because ordination and marriage are sacraments, and sacraments are outward signs of inward grace by which grace is given to our souls.