ALGUNAS CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE LA ACTUAL REGULACIÓN DE LOS DERECHOS Y DEBERES DE LOS DIÁCONOS PERMANENTES.

The present study offers a reflection about the actual regulation of permanent diaconate --not exempted, perhaps, from certain confusions-- considering three important questions: the relationship between clerical state and conjugal life; the professional work of the permanent deacons and their participation in politics. For that purpose, this study considers as a point of departure the norms of the Code of Canon Law of 1983 about the rights and obligations of the clergy (cfr. cc. 273-289) and the Directory of the Congregation for the Clergy of 1998 about the ministry and the life of permanent deacons, which presents a perspective partially different in some important aspects. Besides, in relation with those same questions, some norms of particular law are studied, concretely the Directories for permanent deacons prepared by the Episcopal conferences of United States and of Brazil, which have been approved ad experimentum in these recent years by the Holy See. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]