Recent Examples on the WebProsecutors, for their part, insisted that the defense rights had all been respected, defended the legitimacy of the trial and Francis' executive decrees and reminded lawyers that the church's canon law forms the basis of Vatican law, not Italian legislation.—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 4 Oct. 2021 The attorney, canon law specialist the Rev. Pius Pietrzyk, told the Tribune that some incidents — buying a cassock for a seminarian who couldn’t afford one, or reserving a hotel conference room where alumni of a Catholic high school club could play cards — were viewed as boundary violations.—John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Jan. 2022 Francis remained in charge of the Vatican and the 1.3-billion strong Catholic Church, even while unconscious and in the hospital, according to canon law.—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 8 June 2023 Burke, 73, holds a doctorate in canon law.—Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2021 See all Example Sentences for canon law
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