Apostolic Letter<\/a> issued Motu Proprio on Palm Sunday, April 2, those dismissed from Religious Institutes can make their appeal in 30 days from the day of receiving the notification of the decree of dismissal, a change which the Holy Father says \u201cseeks to guarantee the person’s rights.\u201d<\/p>\nConsidering that the current norms on the dismissal of members from Institutes of Consecrated Life envisage, in canon 700 of the Code of Canon Law and canon 501 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches cannot be said to be congruent with the protection of the rights of the person, the Pontiff said, \u201ca less restrictive modality of the terms of transmission of the appeal would allow the person concerned to be able to better evaluate the charges against him, as well as to be able to use more appropriate modes of communication.\u201d<\/p>\n
In this regard he said, \u201cThe right of a dismissed religious to appeal to the competent authority, the term of \u201cten days\u201d is replaced by \u201cthirty days.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Motu Proprio adds that there is \u201cneed to request in writing the revocation or correction of the decree from its author.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier, canon law had provided that for a decree of dismissal issued against a professed religious to be valid, it must indicate the right of the dismissed religious to appeal to the competent authority within ten days (fifteen days for the Eastern Churches) An appeal has \u201csuspensive effect\u201d while the appeal is being considered.<\/p>\n
Pope Francis has noted that new amendment will take effect from May 7, 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cI order that all I have declared in this Apostolic Letter issued\u00a0Motu Proprio<\/em>\u00a0have firm and stable effect, notwithstanding anything to the contrary even if worthy of special mention, and to be promulgated by publication in\u00a0L\u2019Osservatore Romano<\/em>, taking effect on 7 May of the year 2023,\u201d reads part of the statement.<\/p>\nAccording to the Pope, the decision for the amendment for was influenced by the sixth general principle that the Synod of Bishops, in October 1967, adopted for the revision of the Code of Canon Law: \u201cit is expedient that the rights of persons be appropriately defined and safeguarded.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the principle, \u201cremains valid today, granting the safeguarding and protection of subjective rights a privileged place in the legal order of the Church,\u201d (and) it becomes \u201crelevant in the most delicate events of ecclesial life, such as procedures concerning the legal status of persons.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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