Religion & Law

The US Bishops just announced a review of the implementation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae. Here. Ex Corde was promulgated in 1990 and then a mere 11 years later the "Application" became effective in the United States. The review will involve meetings between local bishops and the presidents of Catholic colleges and universities. These conversations will then provide the basis for further discussion among the US bishops towards the end of 2011.

It will be interesting to see if the recent action by Bishop Olmstead to remove the Catholc label from a Phoenix hospital that engaged in many practices inconsistent with Church teaching will spill over into the discussion of Ex Corde.

Richard M.