Concordat between the Holy See and Italy (1984 revision)

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The Concordat between the Holy See and Italy (1984 revision) is a landmark agreement that redefined church–state relations in Italy by ending Catholicism’s status as the state religion and modernizing the legal and financial framework governing the Catholic Church’s role in Italian society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concordat
international agreement
treaty between state and church
aimedAt aligning Italian law with post–Second Vatican Council principles
modernizing church–state relations in Italy
alsoKnownAs Concordat between the Holy See and Italy (1984 revision)
surface form: 1984 revision of the Lateran Concordat

Villa Madama Agreement
confirmed sovereignty of the Holy See and Vatican City State
country Italy
dateSigned 1984-02-18
enteredIntoForce 1985-06-03
establishedPrinciple religious freedom in Italy
separation of state and Catholic Church in Italy
field canon law
international public law
public law
governs relations between the Catholic Church and the Italian state
hasLegalEffectIn Italian legal system
canon law relations with Italy
implementedBy Italian ordinary legislation
introducedMechanism otto per mille tax allocation system
language Italian
legalStatusChanged ended Catholicism as state religion of Italy
modified financial compensation arrangements established in 1929 Lateran Pacts
negotiatedBy Italian government of Bettino Craxi
Secretariat of State of the Holy See
partOf Lateran Treaty
surface form: Lateran Pacts framework
placeSigned Villa Madama, Rome
predecessor Lateran Treaty
surface form: 1929 Lateran Concordat

Lateran Treaty
providedFor cooperation between Church and state in areas of common interest
state recognition of Catholic religious holidays
voluntary allocation of a share of income tax to religious denominations
ratifiedBy Holy See
Italy
regulated church property and tax treatment in Italy
financial relations between Italy and the Catholic Church
legal status of the Catholic Church in Italy
recognition of ecclesiastical marriages in Italian civil law
teaching of Catholic religion in Italian public schools
signatory Holy See
Italian Republic
signedBy Bettino Craxi
Cardinal Agostino Casaroli
subjectOf Italian Constitutional Court jurisprudence
timePeriod late 20th century
topic church–state relations in Italy

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Treaties of the Holy See hasPart Concordat between the Holy See and Italy (1984 revision)
Concordat between the Holy See and Italy (1984 revision) alsoKnownAs Concordat between the Holy See and Italy (1984 revision)
this entity surface form: 1984 revision of the Lateran Concordat
Concordat between the Holy See and Brazil (2008) relatedTo Concordat between the Holy See and Italy (1984 revision)
this entity surface form: Concordat between the Holy See and Italy
Italian Episcopal Conference legalBasis Concordat between the Holy See and Italy (1984 revision)
this entity surface form: Italian Concordat