Contenuti per la categoria: Canon law

SOMMARIO: 1. Il tema - 2. L’attività ecclesiale di Costantinopoli nella diaspora - 3. Azione pastorale nella diaspora rivendicata da alcune Chiese - 4. Controversie in materia di giurisdizione episcopale - 5. L’esarcato moscovita per l’Africa - 6. Il ruolo del patriarcato ecumenico e del patriarcato moscovita nell’odierna ortodossia - Appendice.

Recent disputes on territorial jurisdiction in Orthodoxy: the Exarchate Moscow for Africa

ABSTRACT: The pastoral activity of Constantinople and other autocephalous churches in the diaspora. The consequent controversies on the episcopal jurisdiction. The Moscovite Exarchate for Africa. The role of the Moscow patriarchate in today's Orthodoxy.

SOMMARIO: Sezione I - Dalla fine del Concilio Vaticano II alla codificazione giovanneo-paolina: premesse alla Costituzione Apostolica Pascite gregem Dei del 2021 - 1. Il diffuso antigiuridismo postconciliare e i caratteri del Libro VI del Codex Iuris Canonici promulgato nel 1983 - 2. Lo scarso ‘riscontro sperimentale’ e gli ostacoli attuativi incontrati. Il trauma della cosiddetta ‘pedofilia’, l’impulso di Joseph Ratzinger, poi Benedetto XVI, in particolare nella repressione dei delicta graviora, e il progressivo smantellamento delle garanzie codiciali - 3. I protratti lavori preparatori in una stagione di concitate riforme legislative: gli ultimi provvedimenti normativi di papa Francesco prima della promulgazione del Libro VI De sanctionibus poenalibus in Ecclesia - Sezione II - La Pars I, De delictis et poenis in genere. 1. ‘Munus pastorale’ e pena nel prisma di una triplice ma unitaria finalità - 2. Un indiscusso passo avanti nella definizione delle pene, con alcune criticità da dipanare nel tragitto verso il maggior rigore - 3. Titulus IV, De poenis aliisque punitionibus: le novità - 4. A cavallo tra diritto penale sostanziale e processuale. Annotazioni sparse: dal risarcimento del danno alla procedura giudiziale versus quella amministrativa, dalla presunzione di innocenza alla prescrizione - Sezione III - La Pars II, De singulis delictis deque poenis in eadem constitutis - 1. Pregi sistematici, new entries e alcune ombre residue cagionate da una tecnica redazionale talora claudicante - 2. Problematicità di alcune fattispecie - 3. Il clou della riforma: i delitti di abuso, volano della riforma del diritto penale della Chiesa. Le fattispecie previste nel Codex Iuris Canonici - 4. Una non semplice sovrapposizione normativa - Sezione IV - Pronostici e auspici, ancora, de iure condendo - 1. Riprendere in mano il Libro VII De processibus - 2. Adeguare il Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium - 3. Ripensare competenza e organizzazione giudiziaria.

The Book VI De sanctionibus poenalibus in Ecclesia: innovations and some critical gleanings

ABSTRACT: Following a description of the development of Penal Canon Law after the Second Vatican Council and the 1983 codification, the essay dwells on an analysis of the most relevant innovations that were introduced in the new Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, which entered into forces as of December 8, 2021. It consists in a depiction that underlines the qualities and the improvements that were produced by the amendment promulgated by Pope Francis: but it also highlights some flaws regarding the drafting and the overall coordination of the Penal Canon legislation, both within and outside the Code. The most problematic profile among those that are examined is the one concerning the prevention and the repression of sexual abuses, of conscience and of authority: which is the dramatic challenge that the ecclesial community has had to face in the last thirty years. Lastly, in a de iure condendo perspective, we present some other interventions that the supreme legislator should promptly adopt in order to finally provide the Church with a Penal system that - both on the substantial and on the procedural side - is balanced, efficient and, above all, responding to justice.

SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione - 2. La progressiva semplificazione normativa del passaggio alla via amministrativa - 3. La clausola “de consensu partium” del can. 1681 - 4. Interrelazioni tra processo di nullità e procedimento di scioglimento - 5. L’interpretazione del nuovo can. 1678, § 4 - 6. La decisione del tribunale in caso di disaccordo tra le parti circa il passaggio alla via amministrativa - 7. Una proposta de iure condendo.

The transition from the marriage nullity case to dissolution of non-consummated marriage procedure according to can. 1678, § 4 *

ABSTRACT: The Motu proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus has simplified the transition from a marriage nullity case in progress to that of dissolution of non-consummated procedure: it is no more required that the parties consent to but that they be heard. After a brief historical excursus on the subject, starting from the Pius-Benedictine Code, the study aims, first, at understanding the underlying rationale of the new provision of canon 1678 § 4, and then at exploring the concrete ways in which it is to be applied, especially in the event of disagreement between the parties on the transition. Finally, on the basis of the praxis of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, de iure condendo a proposal is made.

SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa - 2. La realtà ecclesiale e i riti - 3. La Chiesa armena gregoriana - 4. la Chiesa copta d’Egitto - 5.La Chiesa etiope e la Chiesa eritrea - 6- La Chiesa siro-giacobita - 7. La Chiesa siriaca orientale o malankarese - 8. La Chiesa assiro-orientale o caldea.

The Ancient Oriental Churches and their conformity to the calcedonese faith

ABSTRACT: Historical and doctrinal genesis of the non-chalcedon Churches and their current consistency. The recent clarification about the Christology of many of these Churches, especially in documents common with the Catholic Church.

SOMMARIO: Introduzione - 1. Varietà di casi di titolarità dell’ufficio - 1.1. Casi di provvisione a vita dell’ufficio - 1.2. Casi di provvisione temporale dell’ufficio - 1.3. Uffici con limite massimo di età - 1.4. Motivi a favore della temporaneità delle nomine e della cessazione per età - 2. Novità del decreto del Dicastero per i Laici, la Famiglia e la Vita (3 giugno 2021) per quanto riguarda i limiti temporali del governo delle associazioni - 2.1 Aspetti generali della normativa - 2.2 Le motivazioni della norma - 2.3. Un profondo cambiamento nello spirito del diritto associativo ecclesiastico - 2.4. La necessaria sussidiarietà - 3. Conclusione.

Time and age in the ecclesiastical office. The Decree of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life (June 3rd 2021)

ABSTRACT: The article deals with the incidence of two factors in ecclesiastical offices: the passage of time and the fulfilment of certain age limits in the holder of the office. The first part of the study presents a systematic summary of the general legislation. The second part discusses the novelties and consequences of the treatment of the temporal factor of offices in the regulations published in 2021 by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. The study concludes with an assessment of the norms of the Dicastery's decree with regard to the fundamental freedom of association in the Church.

SOMMARIO: 1. Inquadramento giuridico - 2. La nuova edizione delle Norme - 3. Conclusioni.

The new Norms Regarding Delicts Reserved To The Congregation For The Doctrine Of The Faith. First considerations

ABSTRACT: On December 7, 2021, the “third edition” of the Norms Regarding Delicts Reserved To The Congregation For The Doctrine Of The Faith issued by Pope Francis with a rescript of the previous October 8 was published. The text updates the Norms currently in force, issued by John Paul II in 2001 and modified by Benedict XVI in 2010, adapting them to the reformed Book VI of the CIC. The revision made it possible to incorporate the laws enacted in recent years regarding the abuse of minors by clerics and to regulate what has been followed by the Congregation itself. This work, indicating the legislative changes, offers some initial considerations.

SOMMARIO: 1. Considerazioni preliminari - 2. Rimane ancora una preferenza (seppure sfumata) per il processo giudiziario? - 3. Imposizione di misure cautelari - 4. Requisiti per lo svolgimento di determinate mansioni - 5. Impugnabilità delle decisioni in materia di cause incidentali (scomparsa del vetus art. 25 NDR) - 6. Ancora una volta la questione della ‘calamita processuale’ - 7. Una ‘potestas sanandi’ ampliata a norma dell’art. 11 NDR? - 8. Il quadro dei mezzi d’impugnazione contro la sentenza - 9. Una questione particolare sull’appello: può sostenersi la legittimazione attiva del Promotore di Giustizia a quo per l’interposizione dell’appello? - 10. La regolamentazione del procedimento penale amministrativo - 11. Il regime di contestazione delle decisioni penali amministrative: alcuni guadagni e alcune incertezze - 12. Ampliamento della facoltà di deroga alla prescrizione? - 13. La previsione del deferimento al Romano Pontefice per la dimissione dello stato clericale assieme alla dispensa del celibato (art. 26 NDR) e il curioso diritto dell’imputato di richiedere la dispensa ab oneribus (art. 27 NDR) - 14. Conclusioni.

Procedural aspects of the recent reform of the “Normae de delictis Congregationi pro Doctrina Fidei reservatis”: an interpretation and some suggestions

ABSTRACT: On December 8, 2021, a new modification of the "Normae de delictis Congregationi pro Doctrina Fidei reservatis" came into force. The legal modification has affected both the substantive and the procedural part of these norms. This article examines some of the most significant aspects of this reform from a procedural-canonical perspective and suggests some possible adjustments and future lines of reflection.

SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione - 2. Lo status dei cattolici orientali in Germania - 2.1. I fedeli della Chiesa ucraina - 2.2. Gli altri cattolici orientali - 3. Facoltà dei parroci latini di sposare coppie orientali? - 4. Chiesa di appartenenza dei figli di matrimoni misti - 4.1. Efficacia anche nella sfera giuridica latina? - 4.2. La situazione prima del motu proprio De concordia inter Codices - 4.3. La situazione dopo il motu proprio De concordia inter Codices - 5. Conclusioni.

The Status of Oriental Catholics in Germany. A current challenge for the coordination of the two Codes

ABSTRACT: According to an estimate by the Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference, about 200,000 members of fourteen different Eastern Catholic Churches currently live in Germany. A first large migratory wave with a lasting impact up to today emerged with members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the first decades of the 20th century. Lately, due to migration from Syria and Iraq starting in 2015, a larger number of Eastern Catholics - estimated by some in the five-digit range - have arrived in Germany. The change brought about by migration poses new challenges for pastoral care and canon law in Germany. The Ukrainians have their own jurisdiction in the form of an Apostolic Exarchy. All other Oriental Catholics have been entrusted to local Latin ordinaries by a decree of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches according to can. 916, § 5, CCEO. Therefore, the solution of many legal questions requires a synopsis of both codes. Do Latin parish priests have the authority to celebrate marriages for Oriental couples per se? To which church do children from a mixed marriage belong? The motu proprio De concordia inter Codices did not answer all questions and has also brought new ones.

SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa - 2. Reformatio in capite et membris - 3. La riforma gregoriana - 4. Rinnovamento monastico e nuove forme di religiosità - 5. Erasmo da Rotterdam e l’Umanesimo cristiano - 6. Ecclesia semper reformanda - 7. Gli antecedenti della Riforma - 8. I poveri di Lione - 9. Il movimento dei Lollardi - 10. La rivoluzione boema - 11. Le guerre hussite.

The Protestant Reformation between requests for renewal and heretical movements

ABSTRACT: The Protestant Reformation represents an epochal event as it is widely considered the true moment of transition from the Middle Ages to the modern age. Without wishing in the least to diminish the innovative significance of the aforementioned phenomenon, it is however necessary to point out how the Catholic Church, during the course of its history, has been crossed by a yearning for regeneration that has involved both the constitutional and the devotional aspects of its being. To this end, it is enough to recall the reforming work of Gregory VII, the Cluniac monastic rigor, the contribution of some regular Orders (mendicants), as well as the spread of new forms of religiosity, from the modern Devotio to the Christian humanism of Desiderio Erasmus of Rotterdam. Similarly, the originality of the Reformation did not prevent modern Protestant historiography from considering it the natural result of an evangelical pluralism already present in the twelfth century. The direct reference is to the doctrines of Pietro Valdo, John Wycliff and Jan Hus, and in particular to their ecclesiology which in various ways will be proposed by Martin Luther, with his own peculiarity, and without ever reducing himself to it.

SOMMARIO. 1. Preambolo: perseverare diabolicum? - 2. (segue) I tribunali regionali nella attuazione del regime concordatario, in Italia - 3. Ancora in tema di competenza matrimoniale dell’ordinario diocesano. Intermezzo - 4. Corollari di principio in tema di giurisdizione penale e/o amministrativa - 5. Problematicità di una transizione contraddittoria, a ogni livello - 6. (segue) Dalla frammentazione feudale all’armonia di un moderno ordinamento giudiziario.

Regarding peace of war to the italian ecclesiastical courts. Which is the methodical reform background of pope Francis?

ABSTRACT: The accentuated tendency of the part of the Vatican (MP Mitis judex) to express a preference for the pastoral attributions of the diocesan bishop in terms of judgment of nullity of canonical marriage, in competition with those of the interdiocesan ecclesiastical tribunals created for the implementation of the concordat regime in Italy (MP Qua cura), could propose in this matter, after the Gospodinoff case (Constitutional Court, dec. N. 1/77) and the Pellegrini case (European Court of Human Rights, sentence 20 July 2001), the risk of a further vulnus to the principles of due process, on the other hand recently renforced in the Italian constitutional order. In dwelling on this inconvenience, the Author observes that the Catholic Church expresses with this, once again, its serious cultural and political delay in relation to the modern systems with which interacts ; and wonders why the Holy See has not decided by now to abandon the institutes and doctrines of ecclesiastical public law with which, starting from the 16th-17th centuries, with intransigence worthy of the better cause is has too often continued to feed the claim to keep on regulate relations with the political authorities on the models , now obsolete and perishable, of the Christian regime. The Author takes the opportunity to indicate how, conversely, the model of the interdiocesan tribunals, even if imperfect, can and should be generalized, in order to begin to solve the set of problems that the lack of modernization of the canonical system proposes, on the subject of the judicial system, in comparison with the level of refinement reached by legislative policy and the science of law (at the state and interstate level), in terms of protection of human rights, in the field of administrative and criminal procedural law.