Go to Part I As the Church was the sign and sacrament to the world, there was a direct link between the reputation of the Church’s ministers and the mission of the Church itself.[1. Liguori cites the “rigorous discipline” of the early Chu … [Read more...]
About Michael J. Mazza
Dr. Mazza is a civil and canon lawyer who advocates on behalf of clerics, religious, and lay people. He can be reached at canonicaladvocacy.com. He has degrees from the College of St. Thomas (B.A., Theology, summa cum laude), the Notre Dame Apostolic Catechetical Institute (M.A., Religious Studies), the Marquette University Law School (J.D., summa cum laude), and the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce in Rome (J.C.L., magna cum laude, and J.C.D., summa cum laude). His doctoral thesis in canon law is entitled “The Right of a Cleric to Bona Fama” and is available on amazon.com.
The Importance of the Value of Reputation, Part I
June 23, 2023 by Michael J. Mazza
Note: This article is derived from a part of the author’s JCD thesis, “The Right of a Cleric to Bona Fama” (Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, 2022). It is difficult to put a price on the value of someone’s reputation. Throughout Sc … [Read more...]
Canon Law, Civil Law, and the Current Crisis in the Church
Reflections of a Civil Lawyer Studying Canon Law in Rome
November 25, 2019 by Michael J. Mazza
Last fall I left my job as a corporate lawyer and began studying canon law in Rome. Explaining my rationale to my colleagues wasn’t as difficult as I had imagined. Whether they were practicing Catholics, fallen-away Catholics, not-yet C … [Read more...]
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