Examples of canon law in a Sentence
a marriage valid under Catholic canon law
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Eventually, Copernicus received a degree in canon law from the University of Ferrara and returned to Poland.
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Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2024
Except that Catholic canon law requires an ordained deacon or priest to say the homily at Mass, and women can be neither.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
Prosecutors, for their part, insisted that the defense rights had all been respected, defended the legitimacy of the trial and Francis' executive decrees and reminded lawyers that the church's canon law forms the basis of Vatican law, not Italian legislation.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 4 Oct. 2021
The attorney, canon law specialist the Rev. Pius Pietrzyk, told the Tribune that some incidents — buying a cassock for a seminarian who couldn’t afford one, or reserving a hotel conference room where alumni of a Catholic high school club could play cards — were viewed as boundary violations.
—John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Jan. 2022
Francis remained in charge of the Vatican and the 1.3-billion strong Catholic Church, even while unconscious and in the hospital, according to canon law.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 8 June 2023
Burke, 73, holds a doctorate in canon law.
—Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2021
In church, or canon law, parishes are separate entities with rights to their properties, but for decades titles to the properties were held by the diocese.
—Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
No action was ordered under canon law.
—Fox News, 21 Jan. 2022
Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2024
Except that Catholic canon law requires an ordained deacon or priest to say the homily at Mass, and women can be neither.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
Prosecutors, for their part, insisted that the defense rights had all been respected, defended the legitimacy of the trial and Francis' executive decrees and reminded lawyers that the church's canon law forms the basis of Vatican law, not Italian legislation.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 4 Oct. 2021
The attorney, canon law specialist the Rev. Pius Pietrzyk, told the Tribune that some incidents — buying a cassock for a seminarian who couldn’t afford one, or reserving a hotel conference room where alumni of a Catholic high school club could play cards — were viewed as boundary violations.
—John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Jan. 2022
Francis remained in charge of the Vatican and the 1.3-billion strong Catholic Church, even while unconscious and in the hospital, according to canon law.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 8 June 2023
Burke, 73, holds a doctorate in canon law.
—Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2021
In church, or canon law, parishes are separate entities with rights to their properties, but for decades titles to the properties were held by the diocese.
—Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
No action was ordered under canon law.
—Fox News, 21 Jan. 2022
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“Canon law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canon%20law. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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