TITLE I: THE PUNISHMENT OF OFFENCES IN GENERAL Can. 1311 The Church has its own inherent right to constrain with penal sanctions Christ's faithful who commit offences. Can. 1312 ง1…
Can. 1299 §1 Those who by the natural law and by canon law can freely dispose of their goods may leave them to pious causes either by an act inter…
Can. 1290 Without prejudice to Can. 1547 [5] , whatever the local civil law decrees about contracts, both generally and specifically, and about the voiding of contracts, is to be…
TITLE VIII: POWER OF GOVERNANCE Can. 129 §1 Those who are in sacred orders are, in accordance with the provisions of law, capable of the power of governance, which belongs…
Can. 1259 The Church may acquire temporal goods in any way in which, by either natural or positive law, it is lawful for others to do this. Can. 1260 The…
Can. 1254 §1 The catholic Church has the inherent right, independently of any secular power, to acquire, retain, administer and alienate temporal goods, in pursuit of its proper objectives. §2…
TITLE VII: JURIDICAL ACTSCan. 124 §1 For the validity of a juridical act, it is required that it be performed by a person who is legally capable, and it must…
PART III : SACRED PLACES AND TIMES TITLE I: SACRED PLACES Can. 1205 Sacred places are those which are assigned to divine worship or to the burial of the faithful…
TITLE I: SACRAMENTALS Can. 1166 Sacramentals are sacred signs which in a sense imitate the sacraments. They signify certain effects, especially spiritual ones, and they achieve these effects through the…
Can. 1 The canons of this Code concern only the Latin Church. Can. 2 For the most part the Code does not determine the rites to be observed in the…