Glasmacher Conference: Patere legem quam ipse fecisti? Procedures and Protection of Rights in the Church and Its Relevance for Religious Liberty

February 17, 2012, at 7 p.m.
Guigues Hall - Amphitheatre 1124
223 Main Street

The Church has sometimes been criticized for not protecting the rights of the faithful by means of its legal system. This jurisprudence went as far as evaluating the ecclesiastical procedures by standards found in state law. The time has perhaps come to return to the principles of the Second Vatican Council by developing a new basis for relations between Church and state based on the legal maxim that says that one should respect the law that one makes, thereby ensuring protection of rights and religious liberty.

The Glasmacher keynote speaker, Professor Kurt Martens, earned his law and canon law degrees at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. After earning his Licentiate in Canon Law (JCL), he joined the junior academic faculty at the School of Canon Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and, in 2005, shortly after earning his Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD) (2004), was appointed professor of canon law at the School of Canon Law of the Catholic University of America. He is editor of The Jurist (Washington, DC) and founding editor of Recht, Religie en Samenleving (Larcier, Brussels). His research deals with Roman Catholic canon law, Church and state relations, and religious liberty. He is a consultant to the Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

A reception will follow.

For information or to register: Glasmacher@ustpaul.ca