Among the things you'll learn in the pages of Canon Law Explained:
- When Church authorities must consult you (and when they are free to act on their own)
- The Biblical justification for Diocesan Marriage Tribunals (Yes, there is one!)
- The strict limits on the authority of priests and bishops, even within their own jurisdictions
- Your rights - and your duties - as a Catholic (can you list any of them?)
- The many and often curious impediments to a valid marriage (including murdering your spouse to marry someone else!)
- The vital role of the Vicar General (Do you know who yours is and what he does?)
- Who will choose your next bishop (and how it will be done)
- The rule limiting absences of bishops from their dioceses (and how violators are punished)
- USCCB, NCCB, Synods, Councils, Deaneries: what they are, what they do
- What missionaries can do - and what Canon Law strictly forbids them to do - in winning souls for Christ
- Your local bishop's obligations to (yes!) the entire world
- Marriage: Did you know that Church law specifically guards everyone's natural right to it?
- Priestless parishes: who can do what in them
- Plus background information and explanations to show you how these rules and procedures came about and the wisdom of the Church in adopting them
