” “Canon law "is not just a set of rules produced by a church legislator". The law of the Church is first and foremost "lex libertatis: the law that makes us free to adhere to Jesus". It was said by Pope Benedict XVI, as he received in audience, this morning, the members of the Study Group promoted by the Papal Council for Law, about "Canon law in the life of the church. Surveys and prospects, under the banner of the recent Papal Magisterium”, to mark the XXV anniversary of the Promulgation of the Code of Canon Law. The "ius ecclesiae" said the Pope "is first and foremost the authoritative statement by the Church Legislator of the rights and duties that are built around the Sacraments", which, as such, are rules "for the good of the person and the communities of the whole mystical body that is the Church". This is why Canon Law must "be loved and obeyed by the whole congregation. The Pope thinks above all "of the new generations", that they may understand the "factual bond" that exists between canon law and the life of the Church in order to protect the delicate interests of the things of God and to protect the rights of the weak, of those who have no other way of asserting themselves". ” “
