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Are You a "Person" Under Canon Law? Adam Storey Explains - 08/20/2026
Adam Storey returns to the Catholic Morning Show for his monthly deep dive into canon law, tackling a term that trips up even lifelong Catholics: "juridic person." Adam explains that in church law, communities — not just individuals — can be recognized as "persons" capable of communal rights, duties, and action, a concept that traces back to what the Church, before the 1983 Code of Canon Law, called "moral persons."
He walks through how parishes, dioceses, and seminaries are all juridic persons, and unpacks the key distinction between public and private juridic persons: public juridic persons…
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