Leo amends Francis amendment to monastery dismissal process

A rescript from Pope Leo addresses a gap in canon law

Pope Leo this week issued his first major change to Church’s canon law, with an amendment to the law governing religious institutes.

The former Carmelite monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, Arlington, Texas. Courtesy photo.

Curiously, Pope Leo’s amendment amends an amendment to canon law promulgated by Pope Francis just four years ago, in 2022.

And accordi…