Canon Law "corpus"
The present Canon law "corpus" is made up of three major documents:
- the Code of Canon Law for the Latin rite Catholic Church;
- the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches for all Eastern Catholic Churches;
- the apostolic constitution Pastor Bonus for the organization of the Roman Curia.
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