Wednesday, October 21, 2026
2:00 to 3:15 p.m. (ET) — Online (Zoom)
Free of charge — registration is required.
Part of the 2026-2027 Canon Law Webinars, jointly presented by the Faculty of Canon Law, the Canadian Canon Law Society and the Centre for Canonical Services.
Presentation
On September 30, 2026 the Secretariat for the Synod in Rome published the report of the Canon Law Commission. With the approval of Pope Francis this Commission was established to propose changes of canonical norms for the Latin Church on the basis of the results of the 2021-2024 Synod on Synodality, particularly its Final Document approved on October 26, 2024. The Commission expresses the need for short term, midterm and long-term modifications. The Report published lists possible short term revisions for the Latin Church.
Join us for a conversation with Prof. Myriam Wijlens, a consultor to the Synod and member of the Synod’s Canon Law Commission. She will shed light on the working method and the proposals that the Commission offered.
Prof. Dr. Myriam Wijlens
Myriam Wijlens is a Dutch theologian and full professor of Canon Law at the University of Erfurt. She obtained her Doctorate in Canon Law from Saint Paul University in Ottawa and a Habilitation from the University in Münster. On behalf of the Dicastery of Christian Unity, she has served on the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (2008-2031) and as its co-moderator since 2022 as well as on ARCIC since 2018. Pope Francis appointed her as a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (2018-2022). He also appointed her as a Consultor to the Secretariat of the Synod (2021-2026) and at his request she served as an expert to the XVI General Ordinary Assemblies for the Synod on Synodality (2023-2024). In 2023 she was appointed as a member of the Synod’s Canon Law Commission.
