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Dogmatic analysis of canon law presupposes the autonomy of a private association of the faithful from the Church authority. A private association of the faithful is granted autonomy by law in terms of establishing an association, editing its own statutes, appoint-ing a moderator and other officials of the association, managing temporal goods and freely achieving the objectives of the association....