Monday, April 14, 2008

Some of my old teachers

I was interested to read this on VIS today concerning archbishop De Paolis and bishop Daneels. I was taught process law by Daneels and penal law by De Paolis back in 1990 at the Gregorian university in Rome. I had no idea what De Processibus was about at first but after one hour every day for two years it began to make sense! Ad multos annos to both.

Appointed Bishop Velasio De Paolis C.S., secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Sonnino, Italy in 1935, he was ordained a priest in 1961 and consecrated a bishop in 2004. He succeeds Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani whose resignation from the same office the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Fr. Frans Daneels O. Praem., promoter of justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as secretary of the same tribunal, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of bishop.

2 comments:

Alnwickian said...

For the benefit of a mere common lawyer, is it possible to explain what De Processibus is about (preferably in less than 100 hours)?

Fr Michael Brown said...

Alnwickian I`m glad that an experienced common lawyer has to ask: I had no idea what it was about having studied only a little canon law at Ushaw. It`s about how to conduct a trial.