canon law

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Recent Examples of canon law That law, however, was abrogated in 1918, which means there is currently no canon law on the subject, per Edward Peters, a professor of canon law at Sacred Heart seminary in Detroit. Felix Salmon, Axios, 22 Apr. 2025 Prevost attended Villanova University and Catholic Theological Union in Chicago before earning a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 May 2025 Pope Leo was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 14, 1955, and studied at Villanova University and the Catholic Theological Union, and later studied canon law at Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 Brothers of Pope Leo XIV share their reactions 01:43 In Peru, Leo served as a missionary and taught canon law and was later appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for canon law
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Noun
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Noun
  • While McGrath may come from the world of theology, his reflections on belief, identity, and purpose speak directly to the challenges of modern leadership.
    Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • In some quarters, this cynicism has bred its own theology.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • In other words, politics becomes more reflective of the ideologies and values of those who stay.
    Time, Time, 29 July 2025
  • Some of this is a byproduct of ideology and an independent streak – an understandable frustration that today’s systems are antiquated and in many cases broken, giving the idea of starting from scratch a romantic appeal.
    Rob Day, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025

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