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Prosecutors, 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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canon law
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Numerous factors could be playing a role in the shifting operating philosophy of Moreno, who has long declined The Athletic’s interview requests.Sam Blum, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rather than just the building blocks of a digital product, design systems can be thought of as the visual language of a product, guided by a design philosophy that incorporates UI components, code snippets, design files, style guides, and other resources.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Zoom out: Trump — who describes himself as Presbyterian — rarely talks about any religious experience or personal theology — beyond suggesting God may have saved him from a would-be assassin's bullet in July.Axios, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
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The real Jane did love reading books, but was more passionate about languages and theology than science.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 27 June 2024
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At Michigan, which embraced DEI ideology as much as any other school, the university did not previously have an institution-wide policy on DEI statements in hiring, which allowed units of the university to solicit such statements.The Editors, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
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As with any artistic project that focuses on extremism and mass violence, The Order’s production team walked a fine line between showing Mathews’ magnetism and the murderous project at the heart of his ideology and actions.Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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