THE PRACTICE OF THE CONGREGATION FOR CLERGY REGARDING LOSS OF THE CLERICAL STATE  Cover Image

PRAXE KONGREGACE PRO KLÉRUS OHLEDNĚ POZBYTÍ DUCHOVNÍHO STAVU
THE PRACTICE OF THE CONGREGATION FOR CLERGY REGARDING LOSS OF THE CLERICAL STATE

Author(s): Dmitrij Poljakov
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Catholic Church; Canon law; clergy; clerical state; dispensation; celibate; penalties in the Church

Summary/Abstract: The article introduces the practice of the Congregation for Clergy regarding the loss of the clerical state. After an initial presentation of the structure of the dicastery, it briefly summarizes the documents required for issue of singular types of matters. It provides the greatest attention to the application of special faculties granted to the dicastery in 2009 by the description of stages of the proceeding – the diocesan and the apostolic one, illustrating the descriptions with statistical data.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 178-206
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Czech