English-language commentary on marriage nullity process published

Published: 2006-10-24

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Canon Law Society of America has published the first English-language commentary on norms the Vatican issued last year for the church's marriage annulment process. "'Dignitas Connubii': Norms and Commentary" is co-written by German canonist Klaus Ludicke and Msgr. Ronny E. Jenkins, an associate general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops who also teaches canon law at The Catholic University of America. "Dignitas Connubii," Latin for "the dignity of marriage," is the title of a normative handbook of marriage tribunal procedures issued in January 2005 by the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, in consultation with several other Vatican agencies. The new commentary includes the text of the 2005 norms in the original Latin with an English translation in a parallel column. Each norm is followed by a commentary expanding on its meaning and relating it to other church laws and official judicial interpretations of those laws. The 556-page hard-bound text costs $60 and can be ordered through the Canon Law Society of America.

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