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Can any priest be a minister for adult baptism in ordinary circumstances?

Posted on April 6, 2014 in Ask a Canon Lawyer, Opinion by Fr. Junar dela Victoria 0 Comments

Ask a Canon Layer The nuance of this question lies on the fact that when adults are baptized, liturgical law prescribes that they should receive a continuous and unified reception of confirmation and the Eucharist: «an adult who is baptized is to be confirmed immediately after...

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What is GKK or Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) for Canon Law and what is the role of Canon Law for the BEC’s?

Posted on August 20, 2013 in Ask a Canon Lawyer, Opinion by Fr. Junar dela Victoria 1 Comment

The 1983 Code of Canon Law does not define BEC, nor does it contain a provision that pertains to it directly. Nonetheless, we can find an authoritative description from the 1990 encylical of Blessed John Paul II that says, the basic ecclesial communities are «groups...

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