Folia Theologica et Canonica 11. 33/25 (2022)

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PÉTER ERDŐ

efforts to make the canonical system more and more sophisticated and respectful of the particular rights of the individual faithful. However, this makes the whole system very complicated and requires considerable expertise and qualified people for its application. On the other hand, we see the Church in society in many parts of the world losing much of its public significance. In countries where Catholicism is not yet a long-established religion, it perhaps does not have and may never have the economic and social strength that would be required for the full functioning of the entire canonical system.