Aequitas canonica and Access to the Sacrament of Penance during the First Wave of COVID-19 in 2020 in the Light of the Principles of Canon Law
Aequitas canonica and Access to the Sacrament of Penance during the First Wave of COVID-19 in 2020 in the Light of the Principles of Canon Law
Author(s): Damián NěmecSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Theology and Religion, Canon Law / Church Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Churches and religious societies; religious freedom; restriction of rights; Catholic Church; sacraments; Sacrament of Penance; canon law; analogy
Summary/Abstract: Epidemiological measures during the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic in 2020 significantly affected the realization of religious freedom, including religious services and sacraments. This paper deals with one narrower topic in this area, namely, the regulation of access to the sacrament of penance in response to measures of secular law. It focuses mainly on the modalities of allowing access to this sacrament in the Catholic Church, both in terms of universal law and in terms of particular law and proposals for its formulation.
Journal: Philosophy and Canon Law
- Issue Year: 2/2022
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 1-18
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English