Canon Law Society of America

• Canon Law Society of America

The Canon Law Society of America is a non-profit research association of canon lawyers that helps the Roman Catholic Church to addre...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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• Rev. George L. O'Brien.

...John's High School. He was a member of the Canon Law Society of America and Chaplain of the Alhambr...

• Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Too Many Annulments in U.S., Pope Says

ST. LOUIS - Mary Beth Erickson's husband was not in court during their divorce proceedings in 1990. There was no testimony. She didn't get to give her side of the story. As a result, after the divorce was final, she felt unsatisfied. Added to the pain of the separation itself was the feeling that something had been left unsaid.

...American Catholics are seeking annulments - the church's de... not to fall prey to the direction of society.". The United States leads the world in divorces, ...John Beal, a professor of canon law at Catholic University of America in Washingto...

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• April 26, 2010

• George O'Brien.

...John's High School. He was a member of the Canon Law Society of America and chaplain of the Alhambr...

• Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• United States v. Stevens, 559 U. S. (2010)

... of animal cruelty has a long history in American law, there is no evidence of a similar tradition p..., 11 (2004), and on “ ‘the commonsense canon of noscitur a sociis.’ ” Reply Brief 7 (quoti...-soaked hair and bone.” Brief for Humane Society of United States as Amicus Curiae 2 (hereinafter H...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Elizabeth Mcdonough, Appellants, v. the Catholic University of America, Appellee., 83 F.3d 455 (D.C. Cir. 1996)

... application for tenure in its Department of Canon Law. District Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer dismissed ...Canon Law Society of America, Code of Canon Law xvi (1983). It gover...

• Federal Circuits

• Canon Law

... request assistance from the CANON LAW SOCIETY OF AMERICA, a research organization, in interpreti...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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• Newsmaker: Rita Ferko Joyce

Rita Ferko Joyce Age: 60

...Occupation: Joyce is a canon and civil lawyer, licensed in Pennsylvania and Ohi.../president-elect of the Canon Law Society of America at the 72nd Annual Business Meeting in ...

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• October 28, 2010

• Catholic & Cohabiting ; Church Helps Couples Prepare for Marriage

The increasing acceptance and practice of cohabitation poses numerous challenges for the Catholic Church, not the least being pastoral issues: how to prepare men and women for marriage in this environment, whether the couple live together or not. Catholics are rising to address the challenge, and a leading American canon lawyer will address the topic next month at a conference in California.

... Consequences," to the annual Canon Law Society of America conference. Cohabitation, Father Quirk ...

• The Washington Times
• September 25, 2007

• U.S. Catholic Sisters Challenge Vatican Probe

Associated Press DENVER -- Leaders of a significant number of America's Roman Catholic sisters are challenging aspects of a Vatican investigation of their communities, declining to answer questions they say are ambiguous, inappropriate and out of step with the probe's stated purpose. The heads of three large congregations of sisters said in interviews with The Associated Press they did not fully answer a questionnaire that was due in late November -- potentially leaving large holes in a three-year study of more than 340 orders with 59,000 members.

...Lawrence Jurcak, president of the Canon Law Society of America. "Certainly the response to...

• New Haven Register
• December 05, 2009