Ed Peters reviews a new website:

Msgr. Cormac Burke is an Irish priest of the prelature Opus Dei, a member of the Irish bar, professor of modern languages, and a prolific theological author. More than all of these, though, Msgr. Burke is one of the world’s most influential English-speaking canon lawyers, serving 13 years on the Roman Rota as an "auditor" (essentially, a judge), retiring in 1999, only to continue his priestly service by teaching in Kenya.

Msgr. Burke is that unusual kind of man who has maintained extensive scholarly output while performing Church work at the highest levels; in him, we have the chance to see how a canonical judge (one with a common law formation at that) adjudicates actual cases, and how the same man reflects on those issues as an academic. Thus, his decision to launch a personal website, featuring many of his books, articles, and judicial sentences, is very exciting news. His materials (often entire works) are now available in several languages.

Do check it out – interesting stuff.

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