"Three of the sisters, including the abbess of the community, had a June 16 deadline to appear before the tribunal, and the rest had a deadline of June 21. But the archdiocese decided to extend the deadline to June 21 for all sisters."
- What is this, some kind of Spanish Inquisition? I didn't expect that!
Sounds to me like what ought to happen. Due process, time to be warned, recognize your mistake, and amend, to confront the witnesses against you, clarify misunderstandings, be well-represented by a canonist, all that other great stuff.
Probably no torture by comfy chair will be involved, but you never know.
The Church has courts not just for marriage annulments and it would be a lot better for the Catholic Church if each serious case like the removal of a pastor, closure of a church, priests or parishes breaking Church laws or doctrine, whether a religious order or monastery can be suppressed, etc., be evaluated by a diocesan tribunal with right to appeal to the Vatican. It is a serious infringement of the rights of the Catholic faithful when diocesan bishops and the Pope arbitrarily make decisions without a thorough, neutral evaluation of a situation by a Church tribunal. There are many excellent priest and lay canon lawyers who would benefit the Church with their expertise in bringing true justice to such cases, and not just be stuck 95% of the time in deciding on marriage annulments.
Although as someone with a complete lack of canonical forms annulment I am grateful that Pope Francis made annulments and that local tribunals are focusing on the granting or refusing of annulments.
I don’t get it. I thought the Tribunal was part of a canonical trial, with due process and right to defend. If it is not a canonical process, what is it?
Also: Nuns seemed to be persecuted lately. There’s that case in US, when a Madre broke her chastity vows and the bishop acted like she was a criminal; there’s this case of Spanish nuns seeking to sell a property and receiving a big no, without further explanation; there’s the case of Rupnik’s victims: no one seems to ask for forgiveness and offered support…
I’m not a feminist, but it sounds a bit misogynistic
Prayers for their return
"Three of the sisters, including the abbess of the community, had a June 16 deadline to appear before the tribunal, and the rest had a deadline of June 21. But the archdiocese decided to extend the deadline to June 21 for all sisters."
- What is this, some kind of Spanish Inquisition? I didn't expect that!
Sounds to me like what ought to happen. Due process, time to be warned, recognize your mistake, and amend, to confront the witnesses against you, clarify misunderstandings, be well-represented by a canonist, all that other great stuff.
Probably no torture by comfy chair will be involved, but you never know.
follow the money
The Church has courts not just for marriage annulments and it would be a lot better for the Catholic Church if each serious case like the removal of a pastor, closure of a church, priests or parishes breaking Church laws or doctrine, whether a religious order or monastery can be suppressed, etc., be evaluated by a diocesan tribunal with right to appeal to the Vatican. It is a serious infringement of the rights of the Catholic faithful when diocesan bishops and the Pope arbitrarily make decisions without a thorough, neutral evaluation of a situation by a Church tribunal. There are many excellent priest and lay canon lawyers who would benefit the Church with their expertise in bringing true justice to such cases, and not just be stuck 95% of the time in deciding on marriage annulments.
Although as someone with a complete lack of canonical forms annulment I am grateful that Pope Francis made annulments and that local tribunals are focusing on the granting or refusing of annulments.
I don’t get it. I thought the Tribunal was part of a canonical trial, with due process and right to defend. If it is not a canonical process, what is it?
Also: Nuns seemed to be persecuted lately. There’s that case in US, when a Madre broke her chastity vows and the bishop acted like she was a criminal; there’s this case of Spanish nuns seeking to sell a property and receiving a big no, without further explanation; there’s the case of Rupnik’s victims: no one seems to ask for forgiveness and offered support…
I’m not a feminist, but it sounds a bit misogynistic