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Sanctions in the Church » Offenses and Penalties in General » The Punishment of Offenses in General
Canon 1311. §1 The Church has its own inherent right to constrain with penal sanctions
Christ’s faithful who commit offences.

§2 The one who is at the head of a Church must safeguard and promote the good of the community itself and of each of Christ’s faithful, through pastoral charity, example of life, advice and exhortation and, if necessary, also through the imposition or declaration of penalties, in accordance with the provisions of the law, which are always to be applied with canonical equity and having in mind the restoration of justice, the reform of the offender, and the repair of scandal.

§1. Nativum et proprium Ecclesiae ius est christifideles poenalibus sanctionibus coercendi qui delicta commiserint.

§2. Qui Ecclesiae praeest bonum ipsius communitatis singulorumque christifidelium tueri ac promovere debet caritate pastorali, exemplo vitae, consilio et adhortatione et, si opus sit, etiam poenarum irrogatione vel declaratione, iuxta legis praecepta semper cum aequitate canonica applicanda, prae oculis habens iustitiae restitutionem, rei emendationem et scandali reparationem.
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