Explain the proclamation made by the priest.
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In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the loss of the clerical state (commonly referred to as laicisation) is the removal of a bishop, priest or deacon from the status of being a member of the clergy.
The term defrocking, though used colloquially to describe a loss of clerical state, has no meaning in contemporary Catholic canon law;[1] it used to mean a cleric being forbidden to wear clerical garb (to de-frock etymologically means to take away the clerical attire known as a frock) without further restrictions, as a gradation of reduction without the full loss of the clerical state.
In the Catholic Church, a bishop, priest, or deacon may be dismissed from the clerical state as a penalty for certain grave offences, or by a papal decree granted for grave reasons. This may be because of a serious criminal conviction, heresy, or similar matter. Removal from the clerical state is sometimes imposed as a punishment (Latin: ad poenam),[2] or it may be granted as a favour (Latin: pro gratia) at the priest's own request.[3] A Catholic cleric may voluntarily request to be removed from the clerical state for a grave personal reason.[4] Voluntary requests were, as of the 1990s, believed to be by far the most common means of this loss, and most common within this category was the intention to marry, because Latin rite clergy must as a rule be celibate.[4] Canon law was amended in March 2019 to allow loss of clerical state for clergy who are members of, and desert, a religious community.[5][6] This policy has been in force since 10 April 2019.[7]
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