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NO. 152 DECEMBER 2007

1.  Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Canon Law Society: Homily of Bishop John Arnold at the Mass at Westminster Cathedral (24th October, 2007)

2.  Text of the Papal Blessing to the Society on the Occasion of the Golden Jubilee.

3.  The 1701 Act of Settlement [Mgr Gordon Read]

4.  The Glorious Revolution and the Protestant Succesion [Fr Nicholas Kavanagh]

5.  New Norms for Papal Elections [Mgr Gordon Read]

6.  Sale of Church Property: The Resignation of the Rector of St John's Seminary, Boston [Mgr Gordon Read]

7.  The CDF on the Doctrine of the Church [Mgr Gordon Read]

8.  Bishops in China [Mgr Gordon Read]

9.  The Cumberlege Commission Report [Mgr Gordon Read]

10. The Resignation of Archbishop Ncube [Mgr Gordon Read]

11. Exclusion of Bonum Coniugum - Rotal Decision coram Turnaturi (13th May, 2004)

12. Review: "Critical Introduction to Natural Law" by Javier Hervada [Fr John Hadley]

13. Obituary: Cardinal Rosalio Castillo Lara

 

Editorial Commentary

 

 

NO. 151 SEPTEMBER 2007

1. Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum [Mgr Gordon Read]

2. Institute of the Good Shepherd [Mgr Gordon Read]

3. The Extraordinary Form of Marriage and the Priestly Society of St Pius X [Ms Adrienne Connaghan]

4. Society of St Pius X and Jurisdiction for Marriage [Mgr Gordon Read]

5. Does a Vasectomy Constitute an Irregularity to the Sacrament of Orders? [Fr Brian Dunn]

6. The Alteration of Parishes [Rev Peter Kitchen]

7. Sentence on the Unlawful harm to the Plaintiff's right to a good reputation by the Respondent [Tribunal of New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory] (19th May, 2006)

8.  Interview with Cardinal Mario Pompedda by Gianni Cardinale (2004)

9.  British & Irish Tribunal Statistics 2006 [Rev Peter Kravos]

10. Obituary: Rev Michael O'Reilly OMI [Fr Michael Hughes OMI]

11. Panegyric at the Requiem Mass of Rev Michael O'Reilly [Fr Michael Hughes OMI]

 

Editorial Commentary

 

 

NO. 150 JUNE 2007

1. The Suspension of Bishop Fernando Lugo [Mgr Gordon Read]

2. Question Regarding the Use of the Expert in Marriage Nullity Cases [Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura] (16th June, 1998)

3. Commentary [Rev Augustine Mendonça]

4. Explanatory Comments During Mass [Mgr Gordon Read]

5. Mass Obligation and the Support of One's Own Parish [Mgr Gordon Read]

6. Book Reviews:

"Catholic Marriage Nullity Process: The Introduction of the Case" by Linus Neli MHR JCD [Mgr Gordon Read];

"Liturgy and Law: Liturgical Law in the System of Roman Catholic Law" by John M Huels [Mgr James Joyce];

"Canonical and Pastoral Guide for Parishes" commissioned by the Assembly of Quebec Catholic Bishops with the cooperation of the Canadian Canon Law Society [Rev Peter Kitchen].

7. The 6th Lyndwood Lecture: "Mission, Ministry and Masonry: The Challenge of Heritage Buildings for Christian Witness" [Bishop Graeme Knowles] (15th November, 2006)

8. Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest: Guidelines for the Dioceses of Australia (November 2002)

9. Mrs Clare Pearce [Mgr Gordon Read]

10. Honorary Life Membership of the Canon Law Society of Australia & New Zealand

11. Apostolic Blessing on the CLSGBI Conference in May 2007

 

Editorial Commentary

 

 

NO. 149 MARCH 2007

1.  Papal Allocution to Rotal Auditors & Officials [Pope Benedict XVI] (27th January, 2007)

2.  A Question of Interpretation: The Roman Rota and the Theology of Marriage [Fr Aidan McGrath, OFM, JCD]

3.  Decision coram Civili - Slovakia (8th November, 2000)

4.  Determing Error [Rev Anthony Kerin]

5.  "Unauthorised Baptism" [Mgr Gordon Read]

6.  The Translation of 'Pro Multis' [Mgr Gordon Read]

7.  Notitiae Letter [Cardinal Arinze]

8.  "Pray Brethren".... or "Brothers and Sisters" [Mgr Gordon Read]

9.  Extraordinary Ministers and the Purification of Sacred Vessels [Mgr Gordon Read]

10. Review: "Summa on Marriage" by Raymond of Penafort, translated with an introduction by Pierre Payer [Edward N Peters, JD, JCD]

11. Obituary: Mgr William Varvaro

 

Editorial Commentary

 

 

NO. 148 DECEMBER 2006

1.  Holydays of Obligation in England & Wales [Mgr Gordon Read]

2.  Archbishop Milingo Excommunicated [Mgr Gordon Read]

3.  The Fight Against Corruption [Pontifical Council for Justice & Peace] (21st September, 2006)

4.  Corruption and Canon Law [Mgr Gordon Read]

5.  Canonical Refelctions on the "Difficult" Religious [Rt Rev John Jukes, OFM Conv]

6.  Prerequisites for a New Marriage [Mgr Gordon Read]

7.  Music in Church [Mgr Gordon Read]

8.  Exclusion of Bonum Coniugum - Decision coram Pinto (9th June, 2000)

9.  Presidential Visit to Sister Societies [Rev John Conneely]

10. The Legal Basis of the Title "Defender of the Faith" [John Duddington]

 

Editorial Commentary

 

 

NO. 147 SEPTEMBER 2006

1.  Formal Defection from the Faith: Statement of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts (13th March, 2006)

2.  Commentary [Mgr Gordon Read]

3.  Minister of the Anointing of the Sick [Mgr Gordon Read]

4.  Bankruptcy and the Administration of Church Property [Mgr Gordon Read]

5.  Shortage of Priests: Challenges for the Diocese [Bishop John Jukes]

6.  The Catholic Church: East and West - Who's in Middle Eastern Christianity?

7.  Background History of the Eastern Churches [Canon Vincent Berry]

8.  Dissimilarities Between Eastern and Western Church Law [Fr Robert McGuckin]

9.  Liturgical Commentary: The Altar Cross [Mgr Gordon Read]

10. General Absolution: Local Conditions and Legislation [Mgr Gordon Read]

11. Procedural Law of the Roman Rota Report 2003 [Maria Teresa Romano]

12. Tribunal Statistics for the British & Irish Tribunals 2005 [Fr Peter Kravos]

13. Obituary: Cardinal Mario Pompedda [Mgr Ralph Brown]

 

Editorial Commentary

 

 

NO. 146 JUNE 2006

1. Civil Partnerships: Canonical Implications [Mgr Gordon Read]

2. Ownership, Bankruptcy and the Protection of Church Property [Mgr Gordon Read]

3. Account of a Parish Going into Schism and the Administrative Consequences {Thomas A Szyszkiewicz]

4. The Penal Process and the Protection of Rights in Canon Law [Mgr Gordon Read]

5. Lex Ecclesia Fundamentalis - 40 Years On [Mgr Ralph Brown]

6. Summary of the Report on the Second Schema of the Lex Fundamentalis Ecclesiae

7. Absence from the Trial and the Right of Defence [Mgr Gordon Read]

8. Rotal sentence coram Turnaturi (15th December, 2005)

9. Another look at Simulation: The Starter Marriage [Gabrielle Clendinning]

10. Review: "The Mystery of Christian Marriage" by Fr Peter Jeffrey, CSSp [Mary Alicia Sloan]

11. Obituary - Bishop Charles Henderson [Mgr Richard Moth]

12. Panegyric preached at the Requiem of Archbishop Marcinkus (2nd March, 2006) [Bishop Lynch of St Petersburg]

 

Editorial Commentary

 

 

NO.145 MARCH 2006

1.  Address to Rotal Auditors [Pope Benedict XVI] (28th January, 2006)

2.  The Right of the Parties to Inspect the Acts and its Relation to the Validity of a Definitive Sentence in a Marriage Nullity Process [Prof. Augustine Mendonca]

3.  Review: "Elements of Proof in Simulation Cases" by Francis G Morrisey [Paul Robbins]

4.  Address of Episcopal Delegate to 2006 AGM of Interdiocesan Tribunal of Second Instance [Rt Rev John Jukes, OFM Conv.]

5.  Studies in Church Law - a new periodical [Mgr Gordon Read]

6.  Letter concerning the General Instruction to the Roman Missal & "Celebrating the Mass" [Fr John Hadley]

7.  Response to Fr Hadley's Letter [Mgr Gordon Read]

8.  Dubium concerning c. 638; & Reply [Rt Rev John Jukes, OFM Conv.]; & Reply to the reply (22nd January, 2006); & Further comment by Bishop Jukes (25th January, 2006)

 

Editorial Commentary

 

 

NO. 144 DECEMBER 2005

1.  The Marriage Acta of Malta [Mr Paul Robbins]

2.  A Person's Rights in Canon Law [Mgr David Price]

3.  British & Irish Tribunal Statistics 2004 [Fr Peter Kravos]

4.  Global Tribunal Statistics [Fr Peter Kravos]

5.  Rotal Sentence: Cyclothymic Disorder / Transvestism [coram Boccafola] (14th October, 1999)

6.  Rotal Sentence: Mood Disorder / Depression [coram Pinto] (24th March, 2000)

7.  Jurisprudential Approaches to Equivalent or Substantial Conformity of Sentences in Marriage Nullity Cases [Professor Augustine Mendonca]

8.  President's Visit to North American Conventions 2005 [Rev John Conneely]

9.  New Chair for Study of Marriage and Spirituality at the Catholic University of Leuven

10. New Journal: Studies in Canon Law, Bangalore, India.

 

Editorial Commentary

 

 

NO. 143 SEPTEMBER 2005

1.    Two Documents on the Liturgy from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales [Mgr Gordon Read]

2.    Pathological Gambling and Marital Consent [Rev Augustine Mendonca & Dr Patrick Morris]

3.    Statistics and What they Can Tell Us About Marriage, Divorce and Annulments 1851-2001 [Derek Vidler]

4.    Difficult Respondents [Fr Kevin Matthews]

5.    Sentence on Baptismal Entry [Tribunal of Melbourne] (12th July, 2001)

6.    Letter to the Holy Father from the CLSGBI (9th July, 2005)

7.    Letter from the CLSA to the CLSGBI on London's Bombings (7th July, 2005)

8.    Letter to the Presidents of the Conferences of Bishops on Competence for Dispensations from the Priesthood and Diaconate [Congregation for Divine Worship & the Discipline of the Sacraments] (13th July, 2005)

9.    Obituary: Mgr Gerald Chidgey

 

Editorial Commentary

 

NO. 142 JUNE 2005

1.    Article of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor in The Sunday Telegraph (24th April, 2005)

2.    Benedict XV 1914-1922

3.    Pope Benedict XIV and Canon Law [Mgr David Hogan]

4.    From Prefect to Pope [Bishop John Jukes, OFM Conv.]

5.    Dignitas Connubii: Instruction to be Observed by Diocesan and Interdiocesan Tribunals in Handling Causes of the Nullity of Marriage - An Introductory Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]

6.    Remuneration, Decent Support and Clerics Removed from the Ministry of the Church [Rev James Donlon, JCD]

7.    The Role of the Expert in Tribunal Proceedings [Gerard T Jorgensen]

8.    Invalid Dispensation from Canonical Form [Mgr Gordon Read]

9.    Questionnaire of Fr Bill Naylor [Mary Alicia Sloan]

10.    CLSGBI Annual Conference [Michael Tully]

 

Editorial Commentary

 

NO. 141 MARCH 2005

1. Obituary: Pope John Paul II (Mgr David Cousins)

2. Some Canonical Reflections on the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II (Bishop John Jukes)

3. The Holy Father's Address to the Rota: 29th January, 2005 (Pope John Paul II)

4. Reflections on the Bonum Coniugum as a Heading of Nullity (Bishop John Jukes)

5. Canon Law versus State Law: Letter to The Tablet on the Strasbourg Decision (Rev Paul Hayward)

6. The Canonical Documentary Process and the Right of Defence [Strasbourg Decision] (Rev Paul Hayward)

7. Hierarchical Recourse: Graviora Delicta Cases (Mgr Gordon Read)

8. Changing the Grounds in a Marriage Nullity Case (Mgr Gordon Read)

9. Proposed Changes to Civil Law Regarding the Registration of Marriages (Paul Robbins)

10. What Kind of Confidentiality Does Testimony in Marriage Nullity Cases Enjoy? (Mgr Gordon Read)

11. Global Tribunal Statistics From the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2002 (Rev Peter Kravos)

12. Presentation to the Press of Instruction about Norms in Marriage Cases

13. Rotal Jurisprudence 2001: Error of Person (Canon 1097, §1) OR Error About a Quality of a Person (Canon 1097, §2) (Brian Sweenet FMS)

 

Editorial Commentary

 

No. 140 DECEMBER 2004

1. The Lynwood Lecture, 15th November, 2004: Mixed Marriages [Bishop John McAreavey]

2. Recent Developments in Rotal Jurisprudence: Exclusion of the bonum coniugum [Professor Augustine Mendonca]

3.  Offences Against Religion in the UK [Father Nicholas Kavanagh]

4.  Visit to Roman Dicasteries by Tribunal Personnel [Father John Chaloner]

5.  Third Instance Hearings Outside the Rota [Signatura Apostolica] (October 2004)

6.  Book Review: "Surprised by Canon Law" by Peter Vere & Michael Trueman [Father James Webb]

Editorial Commentary

 

No. 139 SEPTEMBER 2004

1. Procedure and Praxis of the CDF Concerning Graviora Delicta [Mgr Charles Scicluna]

2. Sexual Abuse of Children and Young People by Catholic Priests and Religious [Mgr Charles Scicluna]

3. Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]

4. Spiritus et Sponsa [Apostolic Letter]

5. Sacred Music in the Church Today [Chirograph of Pope John Paul II] [Mgr Gordon Read]

6. Instruction: Redemptionis Sacramentum

7. Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]

8. Refusal of Third Instance after Two Affirmative Decisions

9. Review of Rotal Jurisprudence (2001)

10. Apostolorum Successores Bishops’ Directory [Bp John Jukes]

11. Tribunal Statistics: Britain and Ireland 2003

12. Review: Fr Robert Ombres, OP: Article: "National Churches and the Roman Catholic Church" [Fr Clarence Gallagher, SJ]

Editorial commentary

 

No. 138 JUNE 2004

1. New Statutes for ICEL: Comment: Mgr Gordon Read

2. New Statutes of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (Text)

3. Promulgation and Liturgical Norms

4. Mass offerings [Fr Ian Waters]

5. Comment on Mass Offerings and Taxation [Mgr. Gordon Read]

6. Points made by Fr Ian Waters on Document No.V

7. The Effects of Alcohol and Sedative Hypnotic-Anxiolytic Drugs Intoxication On Marital Consent: A Case Study

8. Cultural Elements: Marriage in India

9. Cultural Elements: Marriage in Nigeria...

10.  British and Irish Tribunal Statistics

11.  Global Tribunal Statistics from The Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2001

12.  Commentary on Cardinal Gasparii’s Letter Perlisti [Dr Edward Peters]

13.  Cardinal Gasparri’s Letter Perlegisti

14.  A Reflection on a Development in the Civil Law on marriage in Norway

15.  Letter from Apostolic Nunciature to Rev.Fr.John Coimeely, President of the CLSGBI

16.  The Extraordinary Form and the Minister of the Celebration of Marriage according to the Latin and Oriental Code

17.  Leges Ecclesiae [Review: Bp. John Jukes, OFM.Conv]

18.  Undoing the “I do”: The Sacrament of Marriage and the Annulment Process [Fr James Webb]

19.  Obituary: Fr Michael Lynch [Fr James O’Kane]

Editorial commentary

 

 

No. 137 MARCH 2004

1. Address of the Holy Father to the Rota

2. Apostolic Letter: Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela

3. Letter of Cardinal Ratzinger Concerning the Apostolic Letter

4. Norms Concerning the Apostolic Letter

5. Derogations from these Norms [February 2003]

6. Comment on the Norms [Mgr. Gordon Read]

7. Readmission to the Sacred Ministry [Congregation of the Clergy]

8. Departure from sacred Ministry at the Initiative of the Apostolic See and Readmission [Comment by Mgr Gordon Read]

9. Safeguarding Rights when Investigating Allegations of Misconduct by Clergy and Religious

10. Comment [Mgr. Gordon Read]

11. Letter from CLS to the Bishops’ Conference [9 October, 2002]

12. Memorandum of the CLS Working Party on the Nolan Report to the Bishops’ Conference

13. Interpretation of Canon 1598 §2 [Extract from Roman Replies]

Editorial commentary

 

 

No. 136 DECEMBER 2003

1. Strasbourg Court versus the Rota.

2. Recent Rotal Decision: coram Giannecchini (3.3.98) [Commentary by Paul Robbins]

3. Recent total Decision: coram Stankiewicz (29.11.99) [Commentary by Mgr Gordon ReaD]

4: Law Section by a Defender. Case of Albus and Senitoba. [Fr Dominic Byrne]

5. Law Section by a Defender. Case of Henricus and Hilaria.

6. Emotional Immaturity: Canon nn.2 and 3. [Bishop John Jukes, Moderator of Southwark Interdiocesan Tribunal]

7. Historic Rotal Decisions (1) [Vanderbilt-Marlborough].

8. Historic total Decisions (2) [Marconi-O’Brien].

9. Review: "Catholic Annulments and Spiritual Healing" [Fr James Webb].

10 Review: Null and Void [Mrs Mary Alicia Sloan]

11. Review: Article: Not Just a Question of Law [Fr James Webb]

12. Indices Ad Corpus Iuris Canonici [Fr Clarence Gallagher. S.J.]

13. Sermon preached at CLS Conference May 2003 by Bishop William Murphy.

14. Letter: Sacramentality and Invalidity of Marriage [Fr John Hadley].

15. Presidential Visits: Fr John Conneely.

Editorial commentary

 

 

No. 135 SEPTEMBER 2003

1. The Bishop as the Mirror of Justice and Equity in the Particular Churches [Professor Augustine Mendonça]

2. Documentation when the Respondent is a Violent or Vexatious Litigant [Fr. Ian Waters]

3. Violent or Vexatious Respondents: Comment: [Mgr.Gordon Read]

4: Twenty Years of Canonical Experience Since 1983 [Pope John Paul II]

5: Twenty Years On. Comment: [Mgr.Gordon Read]

6: The Interpretation of Canon 1598 §2

7. Giants of Canon Law: Matteo Conte a Coronata, Gommaire Michiels, Felix Cappello

8: Subsidiarity as Jurisprudential and Canonical Theory [Sister Rachel Harrington, SND]

9: Gratian, Bologna and Marriage [Fr.Derek Vidler]

10: Monsignor John Barry: Obituary

11: A Tribute to Monsignor Barry in The Scotsman

Editorial commentary

 

 

 No. 134 JUNE 2003

1. New Faculties for Local Ordinaries of Laicised Priests [Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]

2. Response of Bishops to Discussion Document on Employment Status of Priests    

[Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales]

3. Comment [Mgr. Gordon Read]
4. Giants of Canon Law; Fr Adam Ellis, SJ, Fr T. Lincoln-Bouscaren, SJ, Mgr. William Doheny, CSC
5. The Participation of Catholics in Political Life (Commentary) [Mgr.Gordon Read]
6. Confirmation before First Eucharist (Comment) [Mgr. Gordon Read]
7. Priests and the Protection of Children [Fr Kristian Paver]
8. The Priest, Pastor and Leader of The Parish Community (Comment) [Mgr.Gordon Read]
9. Approval of Statutes: Neo-catechumenal Way [Cardinal Stafford]
10. Comment on the Statutes of the Neo-catechumenal Way [Fr Robert Ombres, OF]
11. Decree of Excommunication [Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]
12. Sacred Penitentiary: The use of Email, internet and fax.
 


No. 133 MARCH 2003

1. Pope’s Address to Rota January 2003
2. Decree of Congregation for Catholic Education Revising the Order of Studies in the Faculties and Departments of Canon Law
3. Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]
4. New Appointments for Clerics Guilty of Sexual Abuse? [Article: Fr Tony Kerin]
5. The Possibility of New Assignments to Ministry for a Priest Guilty of a Sexual Offence [Article:
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson]
6. Comments on Articles [Mgr Gordon Read]
7. Lyndwood Lecture 2002 [Bishop John Hind of Chichester]
8. Review: Pope John Paul’s Philosophy of Law [Fr Paul Hayward]
9. Review: Ecclesiastical Law Journals [Fr Nicholas Kavanagh]
10. Review:Church Order in Rome and Byzantium [Fr James Webb]
11. Review: Religious Liberty and Human Rights [Fr Robert Ombres]
12. Review: Obligations and Rights of a Pastor [Fr James Webb]
13. Review: The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony [Mrs Mary Alicia Sloan]
14. Obituary: Monsignor Gerard Sheehy [Mgr Ralph Brown]

 


No. 132 DECEMBER 2002

1. Norms for Nullity of Orders Process [Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]
2. The Roman Rota and How it Works [Bro.Brian Sweeney,FMS]
3. CLS Tribunal Statistics: 2001 [Rev. Peter Kravos]
4. Global Tribunal Statistics: 2000 [Rev. Peter Kravos]
5. Sacramentality and the Invalidity of Marriage [Rev. Lawrence Wrenn]
6. Administrative Recourse: The Australian Experience [Rev. Tony Kerrin & Kevin Matthews]

7. The Question of Proof in Public Interest Cases [Rev.Richard Barrett]
8. The Latin Mass Society Journal [Review: Rev. Peter Kitchen]
9. The Law of the Church in Wales [Review: Rev. Robert Ombres, OP]
10.  Obituary: Monsignor Joseph Buckley [Monsignor Ralph Brown]

 

 

No. 131 SEPTEMBER 2002

1. Consequences of Using “A Given Act” "Not Shown to Anyone" in a Definitive Sentence [Professor Augustine Mendonca, 15th July 2001]
2. Rotal Decision coram Defilippi: Error (6th March 1998) [Sr Rachel Harrington]
3. Rotal Decision coram Defilippi: Deceit (December 1997) [Rev. Michael Kavanagh]
4. Rotal Decision coram Defilippi: Deceit (4th December 1997) [Sr Rachel Harrington]
5. Rotal Decision coram Burke: Incapacity (9th July 1998) [Sr Rachel Harrington]
6. Effects of Alcohol-Related Disorders on Consent [Professor Augustine Mendonca]
7. Pluri-Intentional Masses [Professor Augustine Mendonça]
8. Decrees of Excomunications (January 2002) [Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]
9. Question to the Segnatura about Competence [Bombay Tribunal]
10. Reply by Segnatura
11. Restrictive Clauses [Canadian Bishops’ Conference]
12. Review: "Governance and Authority in the Roman Catholic Church: Beginning a Conversation" by Noel Timms & Kenneth Wilson (ed.) [Father James Webb]
13. Review: "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" by John Gray [Mary Alicia Sloan]
14. A Huntly Diary [Bishop John Jukes]
15. Sister Rachel Barrington, SND, Valete
16. Bishops and Bells [Queen's Bench Division, published 22nd July 2002]
 

 

No. 130 JUNE 2002

1. Apostolic Letter (Motu Proprio) Misericordia Dei "On Certain Aspects of the Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance"

2.  Presentation of Archbishop Julian Herranz on the Apostolic Letter Misericordia Dei
3. Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]
4. I Instance Decision On Melbourne Lector Case (14th March 2001)
5. II Instance Decision on Melbourne Lector Case (19th September 2001)
6. Comment [Mgr Michael Quinlan]
7. Reply on Female Servers (27th July 2001) [Congregation for the Divine Worship And Discipline of the Sacraments]
8. Female Altar Servers: Permitted or Mandatory? [Mgr Gordon Read]
9. CDF Notification Regarding Certain Writings of Father Marciano Vidal, C.Ss.R
10. Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]
11. Obituary: Father Donal Kelly [Mgr Gerard Sheehy]

 

No. 129 MARCH 2002

1.  Address of the Dean of the Rota to the Holy Father (28th January, 2002)

2.  Address of Pope John Paul II to the Roman Rota (28th January, 2002)

3.  Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]

4.  Apostolic Letter (Motu Proprio) "Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela" Promulgating Norms for More Serious Delicts Reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (30th April, 2001)

5.  Letter sent by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to the Bishops of the whole Catholic Church and to other Ordinaries and Hierarchs who are concerned: About more serious delicts reserved to the CDF (18th May, 2001)

6.  Canonical Considerations on the Motu Proprio Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela [Bishop John Jukes OFM Conv]

7.  Circular Letter Concerning the Integrity of the Sacrament of Penance (20th March, 2000) [Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]

8The Integrity of the Sacrament of Penance [Mgr Gordon Read]

9.  Global Tribunal Statistics from the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae, 1999 [Rev Peter Kravos]

10.  Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage in Anglo-Saxon Britain [Derek Vidler]

11.  Older Persons entering Institutes of Consecrated Life: Issue and Concerns [Lynn Jarrell, OSU]

12.  Comment [Sr Rachel Harrington SND]

13.  Ecclesiastical Law Journal (Short summary of some of the contents of Issue 26) [Paul Barber]

14.  Ecclesiastical Law Journal (Short summary of some of the contents of Issue 27) [Paul Barber]

15.  The Canadian Canon Law Society [Fr Robert Ombres, OP]

16.  The American and Canadian Conferences 2001: The President's Report [Rev John Conneely]

17.  Obituary: Michael Asdowne [Mgr Ralph Brown]

 

 

No. 128 DECEMBER 2001

1.  Instruction: Liturgiam Authenticam (summary) (May 2001)

2.  Comment on Liturgiam Authenticam [Mgr Gordon Read]

3.  Archbishop Milingo [Mgr Gordon Read]

4.  Instruction on Prayers for Healing (14th September, 2000) [Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]

5.  Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]

6.  More Reflections on Coeliac Disease [Mgr Gordon Read]

7.  Letter of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to Archbishop Rembert Weakland OSB (30th June, 2001)

8.  Letter sent to all clergy of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee by Archbishop Weakland (5th July, 2001)

9.  The Diocesan Bishop as Chief Liturgist: Milwaukee Cathedral [Mgr Gordon Read]

10.  Formal Defection: The End of the Road? [Mgr Gordon Read]

11.  Book Review: "Ecclesiastical Law", Mark Hill

 

 

No. 127 SEPTEMBER 2001

1.  Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts on Formal Defection from the Catholic Church (4th June, 1999)

2.  Responses of the Signatura Apostolica since 1983: Notes taken from "The Changing Face of Canon Law", St Paul University Faculty of Canon Law (May 2001)

3.  Competence and Canon 1673, n.4 [Pierre Allard, SM]

4.  Safeguarding Sunday Observance: Legal Protection of a Basic Human Right [Fr Paul Hayward]

5.  Selection and Formation of Permanent Deacons [Jim Erskine]

6.  Comment: Diaconate - A New Ministry for a New Church? [John Watts]

7.  Norms for the Process of the Dissolution of Marriages in Favour of the Faith (30th April, 2001) [Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]

8.  Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]

9.  Review: "The Church: Mirror of Justice", A. McGrath OFM [Mary Alicia Sloan JCL]

10.  Guardian Angels [Dorothy Grey]

 

 

No. 126 JUNE 2001

1.  Responsum Ad Dubium De validitate baptismatis (5th June, 2001) [Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]

2.  The Question of the Validity of Baptism Conferred in the 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' [Fr Luis Ladaria, SJ]

3.  Response About the Validity of Baptism Conferred in the 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' [Fr Urbano Navarrette, SJ]

4.  Instruction on the Sending Abroad and Sojourn of Diocesan Priests from Missionary Territories (25th April, 2001) [Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples]

5.  Comment [Sbishop John Jukes, OFM Conv.]

6.  Defending the Rights of Priests [Mgr Gordon Read]

7.  Statement of the Offices for Civil Affairs and Canonical Affairs of the Diocese of San Diego Regarding the Dismissal of Michael K Higgins from the Clerical State (25th May, 1999)

8.  San Diego Union Religion & Ethics: Vatican Takes Unusual Steps in Dismissing San Diego Priest [Sandi Dolbee]

9.  The Roman Missal: The New General Instruction [Mgr Gordon Read]

10.  Reply of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on the position of the priest facing the apse (25th September, 2001)

11.  Signs of Reverence for the Eucharist: Replies of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (7th November, 2000)

12.  Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]

13.  Tribunal Statistics 2000 [Rev Peter Kravos]

14.  22nd AGM of the Interdiocesan Tribunal of Second Instance of Southwark: Observations on De Facto Unions and Nullity of Marriage (22nd February, 2001) [Bishop John Jukes OFM Conv.]

15.  Review: "Presbyteral Maturity and Matrimonial Maturity", Robert Geisinger SJ [ Fr Robert Ombres, OP]

16.  Invalidity or Nullity: A Summary of Appendix 1 from "The Invalid Marriage" by Lawrence Wrenn [Sr Rachel Harrington SND]

17.  Review: "Canon Law as Ministry: Freedom and Good Order for the Church", James A Coriden [ John Conneely]

18.  Review: "The Congregation for the Eastern Church: Origins and Competence", Michael Vattappalam [Clarence Gallagher, SJ]

19.  Review: "Governance Structures Within the Catholic Church", Juan Ignacio Arrieta [Fr Robert Ombres]

20.  Review: "A History of the Wife", Marilyn Yalom [Mary Alicia Sloan]

21.  Review: "The Power of Governance and its Exercise by Lay People" (Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Canon Law Society of Australia & New Zealand, October 2000), John Huels OSM [Fr Robert Ombres, OP]

22.  Review: "Looking to the Future: Alternatives to Consider", Rosemary Smith SC [Sr Rachel Harrington SND]

23.  Obituary: Dr Paul Wesemann [Myriam Wijlens]

24.  Mormon Baptism Revisited [Mgr Gordon Read]

 

 

No. 125 MARCH 2001

1.  Address of Pope John Paul II to the Roman Rota (1st February, 2001)

2.  Priests' Remuneration Fund: Two Hearings and a Roman Interpretation - Archdiocese of Melbourne. First Instance Judgement (18th February, 1999)

3.  Appeal Judgement on Incidental Matter (26th August, 1999)

4.  Appeal Judgement (7th October, 1999)

5.  Decree on Priests' Remuneration Fund (29th April, 2000) [Pontifical Council of Legislative Texts]

6.  Priests' Remuneration Fund & Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]

7.  The Lynwood Lecture: Diversity in Unity - Approaches to Church Order in Rome and in Byzantium [Clarence Gallagher, SJ]

8.  Tribunal Statistics 1997-1999 [Rev Peter Kravos]

9.  Age of Confirmation: Limitations on the Power of the Bishop [Mgr Gordon Read]

10-11.  Obituaries: Mgr Edward Dunderdale, Prot.Ap., JCL, KHS

 

 

No. 124 DECEMBER 2000

1.  Invalid Convalidation [Mgr Gordon Read]

2.  Proving the Case [Sr Rachel Harrington SND]

3.  Gluten Free Bread Again [Mgr Gordon Read]

4.  The Divorced and Remarried [Rev Michael Manning]

5.  Letter Concerning Age of Child for Confirmation (18th December, 1999) [Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]

6.  Pastoral Policies on the Administration of the Sacraments [Mgr Gordon Read]

7.  Canonical Reflections on the Retirement of Priests [Bishop John Jukes OFM Conv.]

8.  Review: "Render Unto Caesar - Church Property in Roman Catholic and Anglican Canon Law", Fr Joseph Fox OP (ed) [Rev Paul Zielinski]

9.  Review: "Roman Replies" and "CLSA Advisory Opinions 2000" [Sr Rachel Harrington SND]

10.  Review: "The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England - A Handbook", Rhidian Jones [Paul Robbins]

11.  The Metropolitan Tribunal and the Human Rights Act 1998 (15th November, 2000)

12.  Pope Agrees to Split Diocese (extract from Catholic Herald  Sep 2000)

13.  Letter from Mgr Brian Ferme

14.  Canadian Canon Law Society: Canon Law Award of Merit Made to Mgr Gerard Sheehy

15.  Letter from CLS President to Mgr Sheehy

16.  Obituary: Cardinal Vincenzo Fagiolo

17.  Obituary: Bishop Jack Brewer

18.  Obituary: Fr Francis Henry Harman

 

 

No. 123 SEPTEMBER 2000

1.  Two recent cases from the Signatura Affecting the Right to Privacy [Richard Barrett]

2.  Declaration of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts on Divorced & Remarried Catholics (24th June, 2000)

3.  Marriage Preparation and Cohabiting Couples [John Murphy]

4.  Formal Defection from the Catholic Church [Mgr Pedro Lopez-Gallo]

5.  Comment [John Conneely]

6.  Clerical Sexual Misconduct [Mgr David Price]

7.  Comment [Mgr Gordon Read]

8.  The 1999 Norms of the Rota of the Apostolic Nunciature in Spain: Comment [Fr Paul Hayward]

9.  Costs of Nullity Cases [Canadian Canon Law Society Newsletter]

10.  Canonical Publications obtainable from the CLSA

11.  Review: "Alchohol and Marital Consent", Patrick Morris [Sr Rachel Harrington SND]

12.  Review: "Tabulae congruentiae inter Codicem Iuris Canonici et versiones anteriores canonum", E.N. Peters [ Fr Robert Ombres, OP]

13.  Review: "New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law", commissioned by the CLSA [Donal Kelly]

14.  Review: "Studies on the Canon Law of Marriage and Processes", Zenon Grocholewski [Fr Paul Hayward]

15.  Obituary: Rev James H Provost

16.  Obituary: Michel Theriault

17.  Obituary: Rev William Kelly, SJ

18.  Obituary: Mgr Donald Heintschel

19.  Obituary:  Rev Betram Griffin

 

 

No. 121 MARCH 2000

1.  Holy Father's address to the Roman Rota (21st January, 2000)

2.  Consent and Culture: How Judges place themselves in Other People's Shoes [Lynda Robitaille]

3.  Comment [Rev John Hooley]

4.  Moral Certainty as the Interpretative Key of Procedural Norms [+ Zenon Grocholewski]

5.  Safeguarding the Bread of Life Come Down from Heaven - Interpretation of the Law: Canon 1367 (4th June, 1999) [Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts]

6.  Preserving Respect for the Eucharist [Mgr Gordon Read]

7.  The Roles of the Vicar General and Surrogate in the Granting of Marriage Licences: A Comment on the Article by C.C.A. Pearce [Mgr Gordon Read]

8.  Some Observations on "Marriage in the Church after Divorce [Mgr Cyril Murtagh & Fr Robin Saunders]

9.  Comment upon a Proposal to Change a Title in the Code in Respect of Religious Life [Bishop John Jukes, OFM, Conv.]

10.  Review: "A Handbook of Canon Law", Joseph T Martin de Agar (1999) [Michael Hughes, OMI]

11.  Review: "CLSA Advisory Opinions 2000" [Rev James Donlon, JCD]

12.  Heythrop MA in Canon Law

 

 

No. 120 DECEMBER 1999

1.  New Prefect of the Segnatura Apostolica (10th November, 1998) [+Mario F Pompedda]

2.  Memory: Recovered and False Memory [Margaret Coram, Clinical Psychologist]

3.  Comment [Sr Rachel Harrington, SND]

4.  Sentence on Relative Incapacity (15th September, 1999) [Dublin Tribunal]

5.  Comment [Rev Kristian Paver, JCL]

6.  Simulation and the Bonum Coniugum [Dr Lynda Robitaille]

7.  Comment [Paul Robbins]

8.  Comment: "Chancellor, Vicar-General, Official Principal - A Bundle of Offices", Thomas Coningsby [Mgr Gordon Read]

9.  Review: "The Procedure for the Transfer and Removal of Parish Priests", Zenon Grocholewski (1999) [Rev Paul Hayward]

10.  "Bishop's Plan Will Benefit Divorced Catholics" (9th November, 1999) [Article in the Detroit Free Press]

11.  Obitaury: Bernard Nesden (1920-1999) [Dick Wilson]

12.  CLSA Role of Law Award to Sharon Holland

 

 

No. 119 SEPTEMBER 1999

1.  When is an Invalid Marriage Null? [Lawrence Wrenn]

2.  Nullity of Rotal Sentence (17th January, 1987) [Signatura - coram Sabbattanu et al]

3.  The Principles of Canon Law: A Focus of Legal Unity in Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations [Norman Roe, Cardiff Law School]

4.  What do we know about Marriage Preparation? [H. Richard McCord, Jr.]

5.  Comment [Rev John Murphy]

6.  Cardinal George Basil Hume, OSB,  - An Appreciation [Mgr Ralph Brown]

7.  Antilles Canon Law Society Convention 1999

 

 

No. 118 JUNE 1999

1.  Confidentiality and the Inspection of the Acts and the Right of Defence [Rev Philip Gilbert]

2.  Are our archives safe? - An Ecclesial View of Search Warrants [Rev Brian Lucas]

3.  Pre-Marriage Argreements [Paul Robbins]

4.  The Pastoral Care of More than One Parish: Letter from Archbishop Julain Herranz to the Episcopal Conference of the USA (13th November, 1997)

5.  Observations Concerning Cases in which the Pastoral Care of More than one Parish is entrusted to a Single Pastor (13th November, 1997) [Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts]

6.  Comment [Rev Gordon Read]

7.  The Origins of the Promises to be made in a Mixed Marriage [Rev Gordon Read]

8.  Survivors of Childhood Abuse and their Capacity for Marriage Consent [Sr Rachel Harrington]

9.  A List of the Privileges and Faculties in Liturgical and Canonical Matters of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church (18th March, 1999) [Secretariat of State]

10.  Report on the Colloquium Between Canonists of the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church

11.  Review: "English Canon Law", Norman Doe, Mark Hill & Robert Ombres (ed.) [Mary Alicia Sloan]

12.  Review: "A Guide to the Annulment Process", published by the National Board of Catholic Women [Rev James Webb]

13.  Review: "Infant Baptism: The 1983 Code of Canon Law and Church of England Law", Robert Ombres OP [Canon Michael Brockie]

14.  Obituary: Bishop Joseph Gray (1919-1999) [Rev John F Gordon]

 

No. 117 MARCH 1999

1.  The Holy Father's Address to the Roman Rota (21st January, 1999)

2.  Same Sex Marriages: Realities & Fantasies in Canon Law [Rev Peter Blayney]

3.  Comment [Aidan McGrath OFM]

4.  Publication of Reports of Periti [Mary Alicia Sloan]

5.  Ne Temere - 90 Years On [Mgr Paul Taylor]

6.  What is the Alternative?: An Address to the 1999 AGM of the Southwark Metropolitan Tribunal [Bishop John Jukes, OFM Conv.]

7.  Review: "Canon Law in the Anglican Communion - A Worldwide Perspective", Norma Doe [Paul Robbins]

8.  Review: "The Spirit of Classical Canon Law", R.H. Helmholz [Dr Norman Doe]

9.  Review: "Does Morality Change?", Sean Fagan, SM [Rev John Hadley]

10.  Report on the 12th Annual Convention of the Canon Law Society of India

11.  1998 Jean Thorn Canon Law Award of Merit: Presentation address (21st October, 1998) [Ms Lynda Robitaille]

12.  Response [Rev Augustine Mendonca]

13.  Obituary: Mgr Andre Desrochers

14.  CLSA Advisory Opinions 1999

 

No. 116 DECEMBER 1998

1.    The Confessional and the Grille [Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts] (7th July, 1998) & Comment (V Rev Gordon Read)

2.    Sunday Observance [Rev Robert Ombres, OP]

3.    The Permanent Diaconate [V Rev Gordon Read]

4.    Tribunal Decision involving Multiple Sclerosis & Comment [Rev Philip Gilbert] (4th February, 1997)

5.     Homily Preached at St George's Cathedral on the occasion of the Memorial Mass of Canon Walter Gashe (16th September, 1997); Fr Ronald Salmon (30th April, 1998); Canon Nigel Larn (1st May, 1998); Fr Jarlath McDonagh, OFM. conv (2nd June, 1998)

6.    The Significance of Roman Law According to Professor Albert Gauthier [Rev Luc De Fleruquin]

 

No. 115 SEPTEMBER 1998

1.    Excommunication of the followers of Archbishop Lefebvre [Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts] (24th August, 1996) & Comment (Rev Gordon Read)

2.    The Exercise of Jurisdiction by Lay Religious [Rev John P Beal, JCD]

3.    Comment [Bishop John Jukes, OFM.conv.]

4.    Notification on the Dispensation from Defect of Age for Candidates for Holy Order [Congregation for Divine Worship & the Discipline of the Sacraments] (24th July, 1997) & Comment [Rev Gordon Read]

5.    The Bonum Coniugum [Rev Joseph Gabiola]

6.    Book Review: "What God has not united" by Paul Robbins [James Walsh]

7.    Book Review: "What God has joined Together - the Annulment Crisis in American Catholicism" by Robert H Vasoli [Paul Robbins]

 

No. 114 JUNE 1998

1.    Vaduz: A New Archdiocese [Rev Gordon Read]

2.    Infant Baptism: Intention and Parental Consent [Rev Gordon Read]

3.    Minimal Evidence Cases: New Ways to Demonstrate the Nullity of a Previous Marriage [Rev Kevin Matthews]

4.    Still More on the "Good of the Spouses" [Mgr Cormac Burke]

5.    Commentary: "Jurisprudential and Procedural Approaches to Traditional and Modern Grounds and the Question of Conformity of Sentences" by James J Provost [Paul Robbins]

6.    Book Review: "Selected Issues in Religious Law" by Patrick J Cogan (ed.) [Fr Robert Ombres, OP]

7.    Review: "A Handbook for Auditors" by Cyril Murtagh [Rev John Conneely]

8.    Obituary: Father Ronald Salmon (1917-1998) [Rev Michael Choppen]

9.    Obituary: Canon Nigel Larn (1921-1998) [Mgr Richard Moth]

 

No.  113 MARCH 1998

1.    The Holy Father's Address to the Roman Rota (17th January, 1998)

2.    The Vatican Instruction on Collaborative Ministry [Rev Gordon Read]

3.    Annulment - Catholic Divorce? [Alicia Sloan]

4.    Family Law Reform and the Civil Effects of Nullity and Separation [Rev Paul Hayward]

5.    Reflections on Canon 1364, p.1 Arising from a Thesis Advanced by F. Mobbs [John Jukes, OFM Conv.]

6.    Deaf People, the Pre-Nuptial Enquiry and Annulments [Sr Gwyn Richards, OSU]

7.    Obituary: Rev Bertrand Peltier WF 1917-1997 [Francis Morrisey, OMI]

 

No. 112 DECEMBER 1997

1.    Regulations for Doctrinal Examination [Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith] (29th June, 1997)

2.    Commentary [V Rev Gordon Read]

3.    Canonical Observations on the New Regulations of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith [Fr Velsasio De Paolis, CS]

4.    Curial Circular Letter on Laicisation of Priests and Deacons' Remarriage [Congregation for Divine Worship & the Discipline of the Sacraments] (6th June, 1997)

5.    Commentary [V Rev Gordon Read]

6.    Instruction on Diocesan Synods [Sr Enid Williamson, OSM, JCD]

7.    Choice of Grounds of Nullity and the Evaluation of Evidence offered in Support of Claims of Nullity of Marriage under c. 1095, n.2 [Bishop John Jukes, OFM. Conv.]

8.    Total Simulation [Paul Robbins]

9.    Gambling and Nullity of Marriage: A Law Section" [Philip Watson]

10.    Commentary [Philip Gilbert]

11.    Review: "The Canon Law of Marriage & the Family" by Father John McAreavey [Fr Aidan McGrath, OFM]

12.    Review: "Essays in Canon Law: A Study of the Church in Wales" by Norman Doe (ed.) [James Webb]

13.    Obituary: Canon Walter Gasche [Rev Michael Choppen]

 

No. 111 SEPTEMBER 1997

1.     Declaration on Married Priests and Sacramental Ministry [Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts] (19th May, 1997)

2.    Suspended Priests and the Administration of the Sacraments [Rev Gordon Read]

3.    The Appointment and Transfer of Clerics [Rev Gordon Read]

4.    Incardination and a Bishop's Financial Responsibility Towards his Clergy [Rev Gordon Read]

5.    Married Priests in the Latin Rite: Some Canonical Implications of Ordaining Former Anglican Clergy [Rod Letchford]

6.    Former Anglican Clergy: Australian Experience [Rev Gordon Read]

7.    Proposed Guidelines for the Transfer of Clergy between Old Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches (29th October, 1996)

8.    Movement of Clergy between Old Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches [Rev Gordon Read]

9.    The Church and Consecrated Life [Rev Robert Ombres, OP]

10.    A Comment upon Family Life Reform: An Article by the Lord Chancellor in 'Law and Justice' (Easter 1996) [Bishop John Jukes, OFM Conv.]

11.    Reception of Holy Communion by Divorced and Remarried Catholics [Rev Michael Manning]

12.    Review of Archbishop Grocholewski's Paper on the Philosophy of Law of Pope John Paul II [Rev Paul Hayward]

 

No. 110 JUNE 1997

1.    May We Ever Break the Law? [Rev John Conneely]

2.    Professional Misconduct: A Canonical Review of Process in Australia and New Zealand [Rev Gordon Read]

3.    The Bugging of Sacramental Confessions [Rev Gordon Read]

4.    Valid Baptism: A Guide to When Baptism or Conditional Baptism May be Required [Rev David Drake-Brockman]

5.    Replies [Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legal Texts]: (a) On General Absolution (8th November, 1996); (b) Obligation of the bishop to reside in the diocese (12th September, 1996). Comment [Rev Gordon Read]

6.    Reply [Apostolic Signatura]: Appointment of Advocate and Procurator (12th July, 1993); Comment [Raymond L Burke]; The Qualities Required in Advocates and Procurators [Rev Gordon Read]

7.    Cormac Burke's Vision of Marriage: A Critical Look [Rev Paul Churchill]

8.    Note on the Bonum Coniugum [Rev John Hadley]

9.    A Further Word on the Juridical Status of the Bonum Coniugum  [Rev Patrick Connolly]

10.    The Kennedy Story

11.    Ladislas Orsy SJ: Celebration of his 75th Birthday [James H Provost]

12.    Postscript: Do You Know the Code? [Vicky Cosstick]

13.    Review: "A Handbook for Defenders of the Bond" by Rev Cyril Murtagh [Rev James Webb]

14.    Review: "Legal Framework of the Church of England" by Dr Noram Doe

15.    CCLS 1997 Conference

16.    CLSA 1997 Convention

17.    Tribunal Details for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia and New Zealand.

 

No. 109 MARCH 1997

1.    Address to the Rota [Pope John Paul II] (27th January, 1997)

2.    Tribunal Statistics 1995 [Fr Maurice Dooley]

3.    The Excommunication of Fr Balasuriya, OMI [V Rev Gordon Read]

4.    Neo-Catechumenate Enquiry [from Briefing]

5.    Statement Concerning the Presence and Activities of the Neo-Catechumenal Way in the Diocese of Clifton [Rt Rev Mervyn Alexander, Bishop of Clifton] (29th January, 1997)

6.    Decree [Rt Rev Mervyn Alexander, Bishop of Clifton] (28th January, 1997)

7.    The Canonical Status of Ecclesial Movements [V Rev Gordon Read]

8.    The Readmission to Formation of Former Seminarians and Religious [V Rev Gordon Read]

9.    Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis [Pope John Paul II[ (22nd February, 1996)

10.    Comment [Sr Enid Williamson]

11.    CLSA Advisory Opinions

12.    Report on the 10th Convention of the Canon Law Society of India [Dr Myriam Wijlens]

13.    CLSA 1997 Convention

14.    Obituary: Father Joseph Morrell [David Morrison]

15.    Obituary: Father Albert Gauthier, OP [Francis Morrisey, OMI]

 

No. 108 DECEMBER 1996

1.    William Lyndwood and the Provinciale: Canon Law in an Undivided Western Church [Mgr Brian Ferme]

2.    Marriage Preparation: The Document of the Pontifical Council for the Family - A Canonical Perspective [Fr Simon Blakesley]

3.    Provisions for Departing Members of Religious Communities [Madeline Welch]

4.    Supporting Religious who Depart from Religious Life [Fr Robert Ombres, OP]

5.    Reflections on the Canonical Implications of the Bonum coniugum [Rev Patrick Connolly]

6.    Beatifications and Canonizations Today [Ulrich Nersinger]

7.    Comment [Fr Robert Ombres, OP]

8.    Review: "Clergy Procedural Handbook" (CLSA) [James Webb]

9.    Irregularity for the Reception of Orders (c. 1041, n5) [Bishop John Jukes, OFM Conv]

10.    Obituary: Bishop Gerald Moverley [Mgr Gerard Sheehy]

11.    Letter of condolence from the CLS to the Diocese of Hallam

12.    Obituary: John Cuthbert Tucker [Mgr Ralph Brown]

 

No. 107 SEPTEMBER 1996

1.    The Capacity of a Group of the Faithful for Hierarchical Recourse Against a Decision of their Bishop [V Rev Gordon Read]

2.    Index of Authentic Interpretations with Commentaries

3.    Decree - Lincoln, Nebraska Excommunications (19th March, 1996)

4.    Comment [V Rev Gordon Read]; Analysis of Organisations Incompatible with the Catholic Faith [from Origins]

5.    More on the Bonum coniugum [Mgr Cormac Burke]

6.    Review: "Študie z procesného kanonického práva" by Zenon Grocholewski [Rev Paul Hayward]

7.    Obituary: Father Richard Murphy, OMI

8.    Obituary: Father Brian Farrelly, SMM

9.    Homily at the Funeral of Fr Gerald Mackle [Bishop Joseph Devine] (10th September, 1996)

 

No. 106 JUNE 1996

1.    Clergy Statistics for England and Wales [Rev Gordon Read]

2.    Review: "Ordinazioni Anglicane e Sacramento dell'Ordine nella Chiesa" by Giuseppe Rambaldi [Bishop John Jukes, OFM Conv]

3.    Identity, Tolerance and Canon Law [Fr Robert Ombres, OP]

4.    Obituary: Fr Jean Thorn [Francis Morrisey, OMI]

5.    Letter of condolence from the CLS to Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte (9th May, 1996)

6.    Letter from Rev Michael O'Reilly to the CLS (20th May, 1996)

7.    Jurisprudence: Young's Syndrome [Hexham & Newcastle Tribunal]

8.    Jurisprudence: Error Determining the Will: C. 1099 [Joseph Cabiola]

9.    Jurisprudence: Alcoholism [Brentwood Tribunal]

10.  Jurisprudence: The Contraceptive Mentality - A New Heading of Nullity? [Bishop John Jukes, OFM Conv]

11.  Jurisprudence: Intention contra bonum sacramenti [Westminster Tribunal]

12.  Jurisprudence: Transexualism [Regional Tribunal of NSW and ACT]

13.  Jurisprudence: Child Sexual Abuse / Incest [Regional Tribunal of NSW and ACT]

14.  Jurisprudence: Dolus - a proposed in iure section for c. 1098 [William Dalton]