MORAL CASE, MEETING of. — Gathering of priests in the episcopal city or in individual deaneries to discuss certain matters of ecclesiastical science; these, since they generally pertain to the field of moral theology, have influenced the name; but they also address particular questions or facts of liturgy, canon law, ecclesiastical history, etc. According to the CIC (can. 131), they should be held frequently, from six to ten times a year, according to the common opinion of theologians, and the following are obliged to attend: a) all secular priests, even if they do not hear confessions; b) all religious who habitually have care of souls, such as pastors or assistant pastors; c) all other religious who have faculties to hear confessions, if they do not have moral case meetings in their own houses; d) if it is difficult to gather, the solutions of the moral case meeting must be sent in writing (can. 131 §§ 2-3). V. CASUISTRY.
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