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Pope Benedict XVI views the casket of St. Celestine V, a 13th-century pope who resigned, during his visit to the earthquake-damaged Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L'Aquila, Italy, in this April 28, 2009, file photo. Pope Benedict retired in 2013. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)

Stepping down: Experts draft proposed laws on status of a retired pope

Carol Glatz|Aug 11, 2022|6 Min Read

$100 bills in U.S. currency are seen in this photo. (CNS photo/Lee Jae-Won, Reuters)

Group grades dioceses on role, effectiveness of their finance councils

Mark Pattison|Aug 3, 2022|6 Min Read

The main door at the headquarters of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is seen at the Vatican Feb. 15, 2022. The dicastery has issued a slightly revised "vademecum" or step-by-step guidelines for handling allegations of the clerical abuse of minors and vulnerable persons. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican publishes slightly updated guidelines for handling abuse cases

Cindy Wooden|Jun 27, 2022|2 Min Read

Code of Canon Law books for the Latin and Eastern Catholic churches are pictured in Rome at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in this Sept. 15, 2016, file photo. Pope Francis has ordered several changes to canon law, giving more authority to local bishops and bishops' conferences. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope amends canons to give greater authority to bishops, conferences

Cindy Wooden|Feb 15, 2022|3 Min Read

A Latin-English edition of the Code of Canon Law is pictured on a bookshelf. New canon law provisions approved by Pope Francis are expected to help the Catholic Church safeguard against abuse. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)

What the new revisions to the Code of Canon Law mean for safeguarding

Carol Glatz|Jun 8, 2021|6 Min Read

Pope Francis celebrates the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the Family in St. Peter's Basilica in 2015. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Taking a ‘show-me’ stance on allegedly sweeping reforms of synod, canon law

John L. Allen Jr.|Jun 7, 2021|5 Min Read

Archbishop Filippo Iannone, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, attends a press conference to discuss revisions to the Code of Canon Law, at the Vatican June 1, 2021. Pope Francis has promulgated a revised section of the Code of Canon Law dealing with crimes and punishments. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

U.S. Church leaders welcome changes to canon law on sexual abuse

John Lavenburg|Jun 3, 2021|4 Min Read

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, attends a press conference to discuss revisions to the Code of Canon Law, at the Vatican June 1, 2021. Pope Francis has promulgated a revised section of the Code of Canon Law dealing with crimes and punishments. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope promulgates revised canon law on crimes, punishments

Cindy Wooden|Jun 1, 2021|5 Min Read

Food and wine displayed on St. Joseph's altar to celebrate St. Joseph's Day. (William A. Morgan/Shutterstock)

Faith

St. Joseph's Day can have its cake -- and meat with it too

Carol Zimmermann|Mar 5, 2021|4 Min Read

A lector delivers a reading during Mass at a church in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2014. Pope Francis ordered a change to the Code of Canon Law so that women may be formally instituted as lectors and acolytes. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Pope amends canon law so women can be installed as lectors, acolytes

Cindy Wooden|Jan 11, 2021|4 Min Read

A man prays in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican after the closure of the basilica to tourists March 10, 2020. The Vatican has closed St. Peter's Square and Basilica to tourists March 10 through April 3 in cooperation with Italian emergency procedures aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Faith

What is the Christian response to the pandemic?

Father Joseph Fox, OP|Mar 12, 2020|4 Min Read

Code of Canon Law books for the Latin and Eastern Catholic churches are pictured in Rome at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in this file photo. The 12-year process of updating the Code of Canon Law section dealing with crimes and penalties was necessary "to make it more organic and responsive to new situations and problems," Pope Francis said Feb. 21, 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope says revision of canon law section on crime, penalties is necessary

Cindy Wooden|Feb 21, 2020|3 Min Read

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