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He was educated in Rome as a canon lawyer within the church.
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Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Leo, a canon lawyer, met Saturday with the judges and prosecutors who oversee the judicial apparatus of the Vatican City State, which follows its own peculiar legal code that is inspired by a century-old Italian code and the church’s in-house canon law.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Recently, a team of canon lawyers set out to propose norms to fill that legislative gap.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 7 June 2023
Gerlach sought independent counsel, Bobo said, but the bishop rejected three of her choices and instead appointed a canon lawyer without her consent or approval.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 25 May 2023
Rather than being a theologian or a canon lawyer, his intellectual interest was history, and especially the Church-reforming work of St. Charles Borromeo in 16th-century Milan—a previous moment of social, political and ecclesiastical turmoil.
—George Weigel, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
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Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Leo, a canon lawyer, met Saturday with the judges and prosecutors who oversee the judicial apparatus of the Vatican City State, which follows its own peculiar legal code that is inspired by a century-old Italian code and the church’s in-house canon law.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Recently, a team of canon lawyers set out to propose norms to fill that legislative gap.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 7 June 2023
Gerlach sought independent counsel, Bobo said, but the bishop rejected three of her choices and instead appointed a canon lawyer without her consent or approval.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 25 May 2023
Rather than being a theologian or a canon lawyer, his intellectual interest was history, and especially the Church-reforming work of St. Charles Borromeo in 16th-century Milan—a previous moment of social, political and ecclesiastical turmoil.
—George Weigel, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
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“Canon lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canon%20lawyer. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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