Canonically Speaking
Canonically Speaking
Podcast Description
A podcast featuring conversations with leading figures from the world of canon law.
Host - Fr Paul Hayward
Producer - Charlie Brown
Music - Solfeggietto in C minor - C.P.E. Bach played by Imma Setiadi [https://www.immasetiadi.com]
Artwork - the opening page of Gratian’s Decretum or Concordia discordantium canonum.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on various aspects of canon law, including discussions on clerical rights, the intersection of law and morality, and contemporary legal challenges within the church. Examples of episodes may include analyses of Dr. Michael J. Mazza's recent work on clerical rights and guest experts discussing the implications of natural law in modern canon jurisprudence.

A podcast featuring conversations with leading figures from the world of canon law.
Host – Fr Paul Hayward
Music – Solfeggietto in C minor – C.P.E. Bach played by Imma Setiadi [https://www.immasetiadi.com]
Artwork – the opening page of Gratian’s Decretum or Concordia discordantium canonum.
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Join Canonically Speaking host Fr Paul Hayward as he speaks with Dr Helen Costigane.
Dr Costigane was born in Scotland, and studied History and Politics at the University of Glasgow.
She later moved to London where she worked in marketing for 2 years, and went on to train as a chartered accountant. She subsequently obtained numerous academic titles, several of them at Heythrop College, University of London.
In 2011 she obtained a Doctorate in Canon Law at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
She is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, and since 2017 has been a senior lecturer in the School of Theology at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, in SW London.
She is a regular contributor to canonical and theological journals.
As a canon lawyer, Dr Costigane provides advice to solicitors, dioceses, clergy, religious (individuals and congregations), and lay people on canonical issues such as temporal goods, rights and obligations in the Church, declarations of nullity of marriage, and penal processes.
Host – Fr Paul Hayward
Music – Solfeggietto in C minor – C.P.E. Bach played by Imma Setiadi [https://www.immasetiadi.com]
Artwork – the opening page of Gratian’s Decretum or Concordia discordantium canonum.For questions, comments and suggestions, feel free to contact the show:

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