901A priest is entitled to offer Mass … The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Canon Law states that the Holy Mass is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. Canon law may be divided into various branches, according to the points of view from which it is considered: (I) If we consider its sources, it comprises Divine law, including natural law, based on the nature of things and on the constitution given by Jesus Christ to His Church; and human or positive law, formulated by the legislator, in conformity with the Divine law. It was the first modern Western legal system and is the oldest continuously functioning legal system in the West, while the unique traditions of Oriental canon law govern the 23 Eastern Catholic particular churches sui iuris.

The canon of Sacred Scripture is the list of books recognized by the church as inspired by the Holy Spirit. ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - A Rome-based expert in canon law is urging faithful clerics to defy illegal orders prohibiting the faithful from attending Holy Mass and receiving the sacraments. The difference there is that the 3rd Sunday Mass is a matter of permission which is already provided in the law, while the 4th is a dispensation from the law. Given that under Canon Law the faithful – who are not otherwise under some legal impediment or sanction – have a right to receive the sacraments (Canon 213), including assisting at Mass and receiving the Holy Eucharist, and bearing in mind especially that Sunday is the “ primordial holy day of obligation ” (Canon 1246 §1), it’s not clear to me whether a diocesan bishop even has authority to cancel or suspend public Masses … MASS Can.

This insistence on the celebration of a funeral Mass for a deceased Catholic, grounded firmly in Catholic theology, is the driving force behind the Latin grammar of canon 1176.1. Now, returning to the original Latin, one finds two words for law: lex and ius. 902 Unless the welfare of the Christian faithful requires or suggests otherwise, priests can concelebrate the Eucharist. Where is the reference in the 1917 canon law that removed the Sunday Mass obligation should a person have to travel more than certain distance. 2. GENERAL NORMS LIBER I. Universal Church discipline as contained in the Code of Canon Law (canons 945-958) of the 1983 Code of Canon Law strictly regulates the offerings made for the celebration of Mass. The canon law of the Catholic Church (Latin: ius canonicum) is the system of laws and legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Catholic Church to regulate its external organization and government and to order and direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the Church. Well, when I learned that the official position of the Church on veiling at Mass is that it is no longer Canon Law, and is an optional practice, I decided to lay my veil aside, for one reason only.