So if the parish is legally (civil and canon) separate, but the pastor has pledge loyalty to the bishop, then isn't it a moot point? The priest "can" do whatever he wants with his parish buildings, but if the bishop says otherwise then the priest should follow the bishop, right? Of course, a good bishop would listen to his priest, etc e…
So if the parish is legally (civil and canon) separate, but the pastor has pledge loyalty to the bishop, then isn't it a moot point? The priest "can" do whatever he wants with his parish buildings, but if the bishop says otherwise then the priest should follow the bishop, right? Of course, a good bishop would listen to his priest, etc etc.
also, a real question: who legally (civil) owns the church/school of a parish? Does it list some group that doesn't really exist like the parish council, who is appointed by the whim of the pastor? does it change with each pastor change?
Finally a point: now these 2 numbskulls never let me think of "parish" as the church building, but as the canon law definition of the collection of the people living in a geographic region (or something like that).
So if the parish is legally (civil and canon) separate, but the pastor has pledge loyalty to the bishop, then isn't it a moot point? The priest "can" do whatever he wants with his parish buildings, but if the bishop says otherwise then the priest should follow the bishop, right? Of course, a good bishop would listen to his priest, etc etc.
also, a real question: who legally (civil) owns the church/school of a parish? Does it list some group that doesn't really exist like the parish council, who is appointed by the whim of the pastor? does it change with each pastor change?
Finally a point: now these 2 numbskulls never let me think of "parish" as the church building, but as the canon law definition of the collection of the people living in a geographic region (or something like that).