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a marriage valid under Catholic canon law
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Prevost was pastor of vocations and director of missions for the Augustinian order in Chicago and worked in Peru for several years teaching canon law.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Ordained in 1982, per College of Cardinals Report, Leo received a doctorate in canon law in Rome at the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas.
—Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
After his beginnings in Chicago, Leo XIV took his career overseas, moving to Rome in 1982 to study canon law, where he was also ordained as a priest.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
He was later sent to Rome to study canon law at the Pontifical Saint Thomas Aquinas University and was ordained as a priest in June 1982.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Ordained in 1982, per College of Cardinals Report, Leo received a doctorate in canon law in Rome at the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas.
—Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
After his beginnings in Chicago, Leo XIV took his career overseas, moving to Rome in 1982 to study canon law, where he was also ordained as a priest.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
He was later sent to Rome to study canon law at the Pontifical Saint Thomas Aquinas University and was ordained as a priest in June 1982.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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“Canon law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canon%20law. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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