Ordinary (church officer)
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An ordinary is an officer of a church or civic authority who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute laws.
Pope Pius XI (left), depicted in this window at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, was ordinary of the universal Church as well as the Diocese of Rome from 1922 to 1939. Bishop Stephen Alencastre (right), Apostolic Vicar of the Sandwich Islands, was the ordinary of what is now the Diocese of Honolulu.
Crimen sollicitationis
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Crimen sollicitationis is the title of a 1962 document of the Holy Office codifying procedures to be followed in cases of priests or bishops of the Catholic Church accused of having used the sacrament
The Latin expression crimen sollicitationis refers to a sexual advance made before, during or immediately after administration (even simulated) of the Sacrament of Penance.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Cardinal Darío Castrillon