3/28/21
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| A. Lorenzetti, "St. Michael" |
Violations:
SRC continues describing the penalties to be used against negligent priests.
SRC dismisses the excuse of trying to “pass the buck.” It reminds who it is exactly who bears the responsibility. It next provides a pithy description of that responsibility that is their personal office: when the sacred offices are over, the tabernacle is not exposed to violation of sacred robbery. As for passing the buck to some other priest who was had occasioned the crime by his immediate negligence—even though he may not have been the rector or the parish priest himself—both are to be penalized.
SRC authorizes and gives faculties to the local ordinaries to inflict these penalties against the superiors of religious houses within their territories. The bishop himself is authorized to file the process.
Removing the MBS
The bishop is responsible for inquiring where the MBS is reserved outside of the ordinary places and whether their reservation is lawful, that is whether they can demonstrate the written permission granting them the privilege of reserving the MBS. When the privilege cannot be proven, the MBS is to be removed—it’s reservation without permission being an abuse.
SRC cautions bishops against being too easy in receiving and commending requests for the faculty of the extraordinary reservation of the MBS. Instead it encourages bishops to abstain from granting these requests unless for “very grave reasons.” It particularly mentions the case of churches or oratories that are “too far removed from the houses of the faithful,” where safe-keeping is impossible.
