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Can. 583 — Tolle Lege

Canon Law

Can. 583

Code of Canon Law

Changes in institutes of consecrated life affecting those things which had been approved by the Apostolic See cannot be made without its permission.

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Source: Code of Canon Law (Vatican.va)