A Canon Law Update from Dr Edward Peters

Autumn Kelly: making the wrong choice for the wrong reason

Barring Catholics from the throne of England, for no other reason than that they are Catholics, sounds more ominous than it is. I mean, who would want to be the king or queen of England anymore? … (But) making even less sense than desiring to be the monarch of England, is giving up one's Catholic faith so that one's future husband can stay 11th in line to succeed to throne! That's exactly what Autumn Kelly has done, she's joined the Church of England so that, (her husband) can cling to odds of ascending even slimmer than those held by "Louis Mazzini" in the Alec Guinness comedy classic Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)! Really, it's too, too bizzare.

But amid the surrealism, there is an important canonical issue.

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