We are grateful and proud to be able to announce that two new members were added to the Board during the annual meeting. This is an extraordinary co-option, as the Board normally provides for only 20 members. However, next year many of the Board are coming to the end of their cooperation with Concilium, andRead More

Concilium’s annual meeting concluded last Sunday… As always, the discussion was useful and there is quite a bit of news. We will slowly tell you about them. At the moment just a wonderful photo of the members present in Nairobi: starting from the left, Carlos Mendoza-Álvarez, Catherine Cornille, Carlos Schickendantz, Margareta Gruber, Michel Andraos, SusanRead More

« Catholic inter-religious Marriage in a Moslem Country » by: Al. Andang L. BinawanJakarta (IDN) Table of contents – Tabla de contenidos – 目錄 Inhaltübersicht – Italiano – Tabela de conteúdo – Table de matières A. Preliminary Notes The 1983 Code of Canon Law can be understood as an opus magnum of the Catholic Church in theRead More

« The Motu proprio Mitis iudex dominus Iesus. Opportunities, challenges and potential pitfalls » by: Hildegard WarninkLeuven (BE) Table of contents – Tabla de contenidos – 目錄 Inhaltübersicht – Italiano – Tabela de conteúdo – Table de matières Introduction On 27 August 2014, Pope Francis established a commission to study the reform of the canonical marriageRead More

« Ecumenism and the Reform of Canon Law » by: George NedungattErnakulam (IN) Table of contents – Tabla de contenidos – 目錄 Inhaltübersicht – Italiano – Tabela de conteúdo – Table de matières The question about the proper ‘juridical form’ of the Church is an eminently ecumenical problem. … The ‘juridicism’ of the Roman CatholicRead More

« Theology and Canon Law: Journeying Together » by: Felix WilfredMadras (IN) Table of contents – Tabla de contenidos – 目錄 Inhaltübersicht – Italiano – Tabela de conteúdo – Table de matières Introduction Canon law and theology are not polar opposites as is often made out to be, but part of a common journey ofRead More

« Legal Relevance of Canon Law » by: Rik TorfsLeuven (BE) Table of contents – Tabla de contenidos – 目錄 Inhaltübersicht – Italiano – Tabela de conteúdo – Table de matières 1. Putting the problematic and desire for reform in perspective Canon law is not only a matter of well formulated legislation, also its concreteRead More

« Light of the World – Reclaiming the Historic(al) Role of Canon Law » by: Wim DecockLeuven (BE) Table of contents – Tabla de contenidos – 目錄 Inhaltübersicht – Italiano – Tabela de conteúdo – Table de matières Introduction Over a period of more than five hundred years, canon lawyers have profoundly shaped the developmentRead More

Concilium 2016-5. Canon Law at the Crossroad edited by:Felix Wilfred, Andrés Torres Queiruga, and Enrico Galavotti Full translations of this edition are available in the following languages:English – Español – Deutsch – Italiano – Português Editorial Canon law is a practical legal instrument to serve the life of the people of God. It does this byRead More

« Faceless Poor Make a Saint. Mother Teresa in Context » by: Felix Wilfred Table of contents – VerzeichnisIndice – Índice – Table des matièresÍndice de contenidos – 內容索引 Canonization in the Roman Catholic Church is a great public event. So was the canonization of Mother Teresa that took place on 4 September, 2016. The high-flownRead More