“As is well known, Monsignor Xavier Novell i Goma, Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, was married to Mrs. Silvia Caballol y Clemente on November 22, 2021, in Suria, Barcelona province,” the Spanish Episcopal Conference announced on its website.
The bishops do not comment on the activities of the wife in the communication, but they point out that the codex of the canon law of the Catholic Church stipulates that a cleric who marries is de facto suspended. He may no longer exercise the rights and functions inherent in the episcopal function. The bishops also do not rule out “other possible consequences”.
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