Dear Father | Excommunication is an effort to bring a soul back to grace
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Question:
I am confused about the Church's teaching about excommunication. What exactly is an excommunication and how is this punishment imposed upon a person?
Father Parisi's answer:
The penal laws of the Church are defined in Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, which prescribes not only what particular offenses are punishable by certain penalties but also the rightful and lawful manner by which the penalties are to be imposed.
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