Probably not, but I would guess that this kind of thing happens unofficially all the time on a near daily basis in one diocese or another. In reality canon law seems to be treated by bishops and other Church leaders like the Pirate Code from Pirates of the Carribean - more like a set of guidelines than hard and fast rules.
Probably not, but I would guess that this kind of thing happens unofficially all the time on a near daily basis in one diocese or another. In reality canon law seems to be treated by bishops and other Church leaders like the Pirate Code from Pirates of the Carribean - more like a set of guidelines than hard and fast rules.
It seems that a number of prelates and priests approach canon law from the perspective of "It's better to ask forgiveness than permission." And, in the case of an archbishop in Utah, his attitude may echo the traditional Chinese proverb: "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away."
Probably not, but I would guess that this kind of thing happens unofficially all the time on a near daily basis in one diocese or another. In reality canon law seems to be treated by bishops and other Church leaders like the Pirate Code from Pirates of the Carribean - more like a set of guidelines than hard and fast rules.
It seems that a number of prelates and priests approach canon law from the perspective of "It's better to ask forgiveness than permission." And, in the case of an archbishop in Utah, his attitude may echo the traditional Chinese proverb: "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away."