Ministers and Ministries in the Local Church is a comprehensive guide to ecclesiastical norms intended to facilitate correct understanding and application of relevant juridical texts and to promote effective pastoral ministry especially in the pluralistic cultural and ritual milieu of the Church in India. In addition to the relevant canons of the Latin and the Eastern codes, it includes norms and citations from the important documents of the Apostolic See as well as teachings and particular laws affecting the ministry from the three Episcopal bodies in India. Among the significant features of this second edition the reader will find: revised and updated citations and commentaries in every chapter; and new selected norms and teachings from