Restorative justice and sanctions in the Church: a juridical owerview

Abstract

The intervention is divided into three points. I will begin by briefly presenting the most important keys to the ideal of reparative criminal justice and the more far-reaching technical concepts that doctrine has been elaborating. Then I will point out some of the difficulties that arise in the interpretation of canonical penal law in force and on which the orientation of reparatory justice could serve as an aid. Lastly, I will point out those that, in my opinion, should be considered as indispensable conditions for this enrichment to be profitable.