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Seeking ‘Healthy Decentralization’ With Second Motu Proprio in Two Days, Pope Makes 10 Changes to Code of Canon Law…

Pope Francis unveiled new changes to Church law in an apostolic letter published Tuesday, saying that he was seeking to promote “a healthy decentralization” in the Church. In the letter issued motu proprio (“on his own impulse”) on Feb. 15, the pope said that his intention with the changes was to “foster a sense of collegiality and pastoral responsibility” on the part of bishops…