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As he was preparing to leave office, Pope Benedict XVI promulgated a critical clarification of Canon Law regarding how the Church conducts Catholic charities of all kinds. The local bishop, not the national conferences, should be the point man, he says, and they must implement many common-sense rules that a lot of Catholic institutions are not going to like – at all.
This article, Footnote 34: Benedict’s Motu Proprio (first of two) is a post from The Bellarmine Forum.
https://bellarmineforum.org/footnote-34-benedicts-motu-porprio-first-of-two/
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