Abstract
On the one hand, this article presents the new administrative process for the declaration of nullity of priestly ordination which was issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments towards the end of the year 2001, with the intention of substituting the existing norms of 1931, updating them in the light of the new Code; on the other, it offers a study of the causes for which such nullity may be sought. The presentation of the new process includes, as well as the translation of the Latin text, some brief additional commentaries in order to better understand it. The study of the causes for which one may allege nullity include the themes of the matter and form used, the minister and the subject capable of administering and receiving the sacrament, the necessary conditions for ordination to be received with due freedom and right intention, highlighting the aspects of violence, grave fear and other causes of a psychological nature.
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