Seminar Day

Mercy and Law in Marriage

Rome, May 22, 2014

On occasion of the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the family this day aims to stimulate reflections on the importance of mercy in canon law concerning marriage, taking into account of the current pastoral difficulties regarding the family.
After a theological report, followed by a canonical one, on the question of the relationship between mercy and justice, four aspects of Church practices on this matter will be examined:  the admission to marry, accompaniment of families, especially those in crisis, processes to nullify a marriage, and pastoral care for faithful who are civilly divorced and remarried.

Program

Moderator: Prof. Héctor Franceschi F.

9:15 am Greetings from the Rector
                Introduction to works
                Prof. Carlos José Errázuriz M.

9:30 am Jesus Christ, Justice and Mercy
                Prof. Denis Biju-Duval – Dean of the Pastoral Institute ‘Redemptor hominis’,
                Lateran Pontifical University

10:00 am Mercy, ‘oikonomia’ and right in the canonical system concerning marriage
                  Prof. Eduardo Baura – Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

10:30 am Break

11:00 am The admission to Marry
                  Prof. Benedict Ejeh – School of Canon Law Saint Pius X – Venice

11:30 – 12:30 am Question and Answer Session with the Speakers

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Moderator: Prof. Joaquín Llobell

3:30 pm Accompaniment of the family, above all in crisis situations
                Prof. Paolo Bianchi -   Judicial Vicar of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal for the Region Lombardo

4:00 pm Justice and mercy in the process of nullifying a marriage. Two Incompatible principles?
                Prof. Nikolaus Schöch – Substitute Promoter of Justice for the Supreme Tribunal
                of the Apostolic Signatura

4:30 pm  Break

5:00 pm Pastoral care of faithful civilly divorced and remarried
                Prof. Miguel Á. Ortiz – Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

5:30 – 6:30 pm Question and Answers with the Speakers