Beschreibung
The Pontiff’s power of reservation has existed for centuries: it began
to develop in the Middle Ages as the papacy established itself as head
of the medieval Church and the entire Christianity. This monograph is an
analysis of the new system of papal reservations in relation to the
Bishops as described in the 1983 Code of Canon Law and in the legal
prescriptions of the Roman Catholic Church. The study highlights the
cases which the Pontiff reserves to himself, removing them from the
responsibility of the diocesan bishops, who continue to exercise the power
they possess in their own right.
