| Priest in Politics Question from on 06-09-2007: |
If a priest enters a politics like elected as governor of a province in Phil, what would be his status? Can he serve both as a pastor/priest and at the same time a governor of a state/province? |
Answer by Rev. Mark J. Gantley, JCL on 06-19-2007: |
Priests are prohibited by canon law from assuming positions of civil power (canon 285, §3). It is up to the priest's superior (his diocesan bishop, or if he is a member of a religious order, his religious superior) to enforce this precept. I have heard references to the situation that you are asking about but I am not sure of how |
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