canon law

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Recent Examples of canon law 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. 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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Noun
  • Using a top-10 pick on Wright reflects the philosophy of building a team inside-out, but Poles defended some of the personnel moves that don’t, noting that what’s available to a team isn’t always in line with the ideal way to construct a roster.
    Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Charlie Peters, a student about to embark on a philosophy masters at The University of Edinburgh, took the time to leaf through a 159-page report on child exploitation in Rotherham, a town in the north of England.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Madrasas emphasize Islamic theology, often with sectarian leanings, and Arabic, a language not widely spoken in Pakistan.
    Zia ur-Rehman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Born and raised in Kuwait, Malik earned a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Nottingham in 2014 and then a second in theology from St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, London in 2023.
    ByDyna Rochmyaningsih, science.org, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In other cases, the ideology is less central than the tactic of violence itself.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Truth must always be excavated from beneath theories and ideologies that close the mind to consideration of an alternative.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025

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