A scientific journal of international quality on Church Law and ministry, published annually in the month of October under the guidance and direction of Centre of Canon Law Studies, a premier institution of postgraduate studies in Canon Law in St Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bangalore, India aggregated to Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome. The journal promotes research in the area of law and ministry, facilitates availability of canonical scholarship, and assists in the ongoing formation of canonists and ministers of the Church.

This journal contains studies and articles by eminent canonists and professors from different continents of the globe on a variety of subjects, such as sacraments, tribunal practice, consecrated life, clerics and lay faithful, structures of pastoral care and inter-ecclesial concerns. A sturdy volume contains sections on (a) studies (b) jurisprudence (c) counsel (d) documentation, and (e) book reviews. It is a pastoral and academic tool for canonists, professors of law, priests and religious, students of canon law and theology, and everyone interested in law and ministry of the Church.