De concordia inter Codices

[Jack4]

Pope Francis, Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio, "De concordia inter Codices"  modifying some norms of the Code of Canon Law (31 May 2016)

In Latin: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/la/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio_20160531_de-concordia-inter-codices.html 

In Italian: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio_20160531_de-concordia-inter-codices.html

 

What exactly did it do? How necessary was it?

[Amppax]

@LittleWaySoul @Sponsa-Christi your thoughts?

[Sponsa-Christi]

This is really not a big deal at all. It was basically just canon law "housekeeping."

As many of us are already aware, Roman Catholics and Eastern Catholics have different Codes of Canon Law; and both "branches" of Catholicism also have slightly different sacramental practices which were reflected in the respective Codes. De concordia inter Codices changes a few canons in order to eliminate some of the discrepancies, so as to resolve some of the questions that are arising as more and more Eastern Catholics are moving into predominately Latin territories. 

There's an English translation with a decent brief commentary here: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=11370

[Amppax]

11 minutes ago, Sponsa-Christi said:

This is really not a big deal at all. It was basically just canon law "housekeeping."

As many of us are already aware, Roman Catholics and Eastern Catholics have different Codes of Canon Law; and both "branches" of Catholicism also have slightly different sacramental practices which were reflected in the respective Codes. De concordia inter Codices changes a few canons in order to eliminate some of the discrepancies, so as to resolve some of the questions that are arising as more and more Eastern Catholics are moving into predominately Latin territories. 

There's an English translation with a decent brief commentary here: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=11370

 

That's what it looked like, but my Latin's not nearly good enough for me to feel comfortable saying anything.