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Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung Sik
Vatican updates rules for Mass intentions, permits collective offerings under strict conditions
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Apr 13, 2025 / 14:50 pm The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy issued a decree updating the Church’s norms governing Mass intentions and stipends, emphasizing both proper spiritual understanding and practical solutions for modern pastoral challenges. Pope Francis approved the document — published so far only in …
What does it mean to be laicized, defrocked, or dismissed from the clerical state?
By CNA Staff Denver, Colo., Dec 22, 2022 / 06:43 am On Nov. 9, Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung Sik, prefect for the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy, laicized Father Frank Pavone from the priesthood for “blasphemous communications on social media” and “persistent disobedience of lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop.” But what does …
Canon lawyer on Father Pavone’s dismissal from priesthood: Only the Pope can issue a decision without appeal
By Shannon Mullen, Kelsey Wicks CNA Newsroom, Dec 18, 2022 / 19:20 pm On Nov. 9, Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung Sik, prefect for the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy, dismissed Father Frank Pavone from the priesthood for “blasphemous communications on social media” and “persistent disobedience of lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop.” The decree, …
