Excommunication of bishops might be averted, experts say; Role of Chinese government could be significant

From: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | Date: May 6, 2006| Author: ASSOCIATED PRESS | Copyright information

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Vatican officials cited church law that called for automatic excommunication in condemning China for appointing bishops without papal consent, but legal experts said Friday the clergymen might be spared formal censure.

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls didn't use the word "excommunication" in his statement Thursday condemning the ordinations of two bishops this week by China's state-controlled church.

He cited Canon 1382 of the Code of Canon Law, which s...

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